ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,264, issued on June 30, was assigned to VANAIR DESIGN INC. (Burnaby, Canada).
"Sound isolating ventilation panels and methods for manufacturing same" was invented by James Higgins (North Vancouver, Canada) and Vicking Wai King Yau (Burnaby, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound isolating ventilation panel is provided. The panel includes: a core assembly having a plurality of horizontal channels; a pair of cartridges having hollow centers and flanking both sides of the core assembly; and a pair of hollow sides flanking the pair of cartridges. Each of the cartridges has a proximally facing side having a plurality of air channel...