ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,986, issued on May 26, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Air deflector" was invented by Jaykumar Bhattad (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air deflector may include a base, an aperture extending through the base, and/or a plurality of fins extending across the aperture. The fins are fixed relative to the base. The plurality of fins include at least three fins. A vehicle seat may include an air deflector, an air mover, a duct connected to the air mover and a tube portion of the air deflector, and an air distributor in fluid communication with the aperture."
The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2023, under Applic...