ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,441, issued on Nov. 11.
"Inflator" was invented by Yung-Hao Yang (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflator has a tubular housing, an adaptor, a cover, and an inflation mechanism. The tubular housing is made of plastic and has two opposite ends. The adaptor is made of metal and disposed on one of the two opposite ends of the tubular housing. The cover is made of plastic and welded with said one of the two opposite ends of the tubular housing to limit a position of the adaptor. The inflation mechanism is disposed to the interior space and is operable to pump air to flow from the interior space, through the adaptor,...