ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,512, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MAHLE International GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"HVAC dehumidification system" was invented by Ruifei Xiang (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air intake system for a vehicle HVAC system is provided. The system includes a housing with an air inlet, a dehumidification component, a first outlet and a second outlet disposed to receive air that has flowed past the dehumidification component, wherein the first outlet is aligned to direct air flowing therethrough toward a downstream fan that provides air flow within a vehicle HVAC system and ultimately to a passenger compartment f...