ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,156, issued on March 25, was assigned to Airius IP Holdings LLC (Longmont, Colo.).
"Air moving device with bypass intake" was invented by Raymond B. Avedon (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air moving device has a housing with a primary flow path and a secondary flow path that extends from a secondary inlet of the housing and empties into an inner outlet adjacent the primary flow path. An impeller assembly rotates a blade to cause air to enter the housing and flow along the primary flow path. The flow of air through the primary flow path creates a low pressure region at the inner outlet of the secondary flow path, ca...