ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,288, issued on March 24, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Vehicle interior ventilation apparatus" was invented by Andreas Senn (Neuhemsbach, Germany) and Stefan Jatzke (Ebertsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle interior ventilation apparatus having at least one pressure relief valve, in particular of a first type, which is received and/or fixed in a first receiving opening in a vehicle body component, and having at least one pressure relief valve (10), in particular of a second type that differs from the first type, which is received and/or fixed in a second receiving opening separated f...