ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,624, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AMD Design LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Axial fan rotor for reversible flow" was invented by Ting Yu Lin (Fairfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial fan rotor includes a central hub configured to rotate in a forward direction and in a reverse direction and a plurality of fan blades attached to an outer circumference of the central hub. Each of the fan blades includes a forward direction leading portion, a forward direction trailing portion, a reverse direction leading portion, and a reverse direction trailing portion. The forward direction leading portion and the forward direction traili...