ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,196, issued on March 4, was assigned to Asia Vital Components Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Salt spray resistant structure of fan motor assembly" was invented by Yen-Chih Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ta-Cheng Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A salt spray resistant structure of fan motor assembly includes a silicon steel sheet assembly, an insulation support assembly and an encapsulation layer. An inner side of the silicon steel sheet assembly defines a connection hole. A winding assembly is wound on the silicon steel sheet assembly and electrically connected with a circuit board. A first extension section protr...