ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,202, issued on April 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Adjustable air vent and method of controlling the same" was invented by Won Sik Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent that enables both the adjustment by a knob and the adjustment by an external adjuster by applying an independent knob that is not mechanically connected to the air vent, along with a method for controlling the same, is disclosed. The air vent includes: a wind direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a wind direction of a wind discharged from the air vent; an actuator configured to drive...