ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,812, issued on April 7, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Bobigny, France).

"Housing assembly for an HVAC system" was invented by Tim Mayer (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Chad Ebling (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Anthony Tundo (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing assembly for an HVAC system, including: a casing with an air inlet and an air outlet, forming a first portion of an air conduit between the air inlet and the air outlet, the air conduit being configured to guide airflow between the air inlet and the air outlet; a removable cover, attached to the casing and forming a second portion of the air conduit. Th...