ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,176, issued on July 14, was assigned to Weber GmbH & Co. KG (Dillenburg, Germany).
"Air vent with adjustable air outlet direction" was invented by Volker Kirch (Steffenberg, Germany) and Andreas Beck (Waldbrunn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent (10) with an adjustable air exit direction (9) has at least one first blade (5) that is pivotable about a first pivot axis (4) for guiding the air flow (15) and at least one second blade (7) that is pivotable about a second pivot axis (6) that extends obliquely or vertically to the first pivot axis (4). For the common displacement of the blades (5, 7), a single electromotive ...