ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,732, issued on July 28, was assigned to Weber GmbH & Co. KG (Dillenburg, Germany).
"Air vent with adjustable air outlet direction" was invented by Volker Kirch (Steffenberg, Germany), Felix Brinkermann (Haiger, Germany) and Andreas Beck (Waldbrunn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vent (10) has first blade(s) (5) that is/are pivotable about a first pivot axis (4), and second blade(s) (7) that is/are pivotable about a second pivot axis (6) extending obliquely or vertically to the first pivot axis (4). The blades (5, 7) guide the air flow (15) and are independently displaced using a single drive (8). A coupling device (12)...