ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,497, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AIR COOL INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Fan blade installation mechanism" was invented by Tim Liu (Taichung, Taiwan) and Noah Fox Vrazel (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan blade installation mechanism includes a slot and an elastic member. The elastic member is fixedly connected to a groove above the slot. The elastic member is elastically moved between the slot and the groove for a blade to be inserted into the slot. A blade hole of the blade is guided and secured by bevels of a protrusion of an elastic portion in the slot and the elastic member. The elastic member has an ...