ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,997, issued on May 13.

"Fan lamp" was invented by Huanyuan Yu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan lamp is provided, which includes a ceiling panel that can be installed on a ceiling; a suspension rod that is connected to a bottom of the ceiling panel; a fan motor that is fixed at a bottom of the suspension rod; a fan panel and a lamp panel coaxial with the fan motor and provided below the fan motor in sequence; a connection rod passing through the fan panel and the lamp panel in sequence and provided at a bottom of the fan motor; a locking piece provided at a bottom of the connection rod; a clamp slot, a first clam...