ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,940, issued on May 26, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Vehicle air conditioning system" was invented by Hirotaka Saito (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning duct through which air can flow; an evaporator disposed in the air conditioning duct; and a humidity control device disposed on an upstream side of the evaporator in the air conditioning duct. The humidity control device includes: a honeycomb structure having an outer peripheral wall and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a...