ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,919, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Joysonquin Automotive Systems North America LLC (Troy, Mich.).
"Vehicle air vent with automated vane control" was invented by Melaku Habte (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vehicle air vent comprising a body, an actuator, a first set of vanes, a first vane drive system moveably connected to the first set of vanes, a second set of vanes, and a second vane drive system moveably connected to the second set of vanes. The actuator is positioned to, in operation, provide force to both the first and second vane drive systems in a single directio...