US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Aug. 25 for "Air curtain for dispelling particulates from a vehicle" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,267, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Air curtain for dispelling particulates from a vehicle" was invented by Thomas James Stevenson (Radford Semele, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises detecting particulates generated from a cooking device of a vehicle. In response to detecting the particulates from the cooking device, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle is activated. This causes the HVAC system to dispel the particulates from the vehicle. Aspects also include lowering a window and repositioning air vents of the HVAC system ...