ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,291, issued on March 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air vent apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Young Min Cho (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an air vent apparatus for a vehicle configured to discharge air into the interior of the vehicle according to one embodiment of the present disclosure including a duct housing having a vent hole located in an air discharge path, a front wing configured to open and close the vent hole of the duct housing, and having a structure in which a plurality of wings overlap each other when adjusted to be closed, and a spacer inte...