US Patent Issued to Valeo Electrification on Oct. 20 for "Device for thermal treatment of air for a vehicle with improved temperature management" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,914, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Valeo Electrification (Cergy Pontoise, France).

"Device for thermal treatment of air for a vehicle with improved temperature management" was invented by Thierry Barbier (La Verriere, France), Cyril Gontier (La Verriere, France) and Yves Rousseau (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for thermal treatment of air for a vehicle, including a conveying duct, a heating duct and a mixing chamber. A mixing device is configured to be able to move between a first end position, which prevents air from circulating between the conveying duct and the mixing cha...