ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,871, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).
"HVAC air vent patterns" was invented by Danny Jierian (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Graham Lloyd Feltham (Irvine, Calif.) and Kamalesh Bhambare (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for a ventilation system in, for example, a vehicle. The ventilation system is configured to direct airflow relative to a user's position in the vehicle. The system may determine a first curved flow path and a second curved flow path and cause the ventilation system to direct a first airflow to the first curved flow path and direct a second a...