ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,532, issued on July 7, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).
"Device for controlling a flap" was invented by Christian Dubois (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for controlling an element, such as a shutter, for a motor vehicle heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system, comprising: -an arm (31) comprising an opening (3) so as to define a ring the inner circumference (4) of which at least partially comprises a rack (5) and an axial retaining means (14), -a toothed wheel (11) intended to be rigidly connected to an axis and shaped ...