US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, Kia on Feb. 17 for "Air vent apparatus for vehicle and vehicle equipped with the same" (Chinese, South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,228, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air vent apparatus for vehicle and vehicle equipped with the same" was invented by Ming Zhe Li (Shandong, China), Miao Miao Zhang (Shandong, China), Won Young Bae (Seoul, South Korea) and Chun Lei Sang (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent apparatus for a vehicle and a vehicle provided with the air vent apparatus includes: a controller mounted on a vehicle body; a mounting base mounted on the vehicle body and including a discharge port formed at a rear end portion of the mounting base; an air g...