ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,929, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SANDEN Corp. (Isesaki, Japan).

"Vehicle air conditioning apparatus" was invented by Taichi Fujita (Isesaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air conditioning apparatus 1 installed between a part under a seat and a floor of a vehicle includes a blower unit 2 including a blower, and a heat exchanger unit 3 including a heat exchanger. The blower unit and the heat exchanger unit are connected with one another to form an air flow path along the floor of the vehicle. The blower unit is detachably connected with the heat exchanger unit in a direction crossing the air flow path and being ...