ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,961, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Centrifugal fan" was invented by Hsin-Chen Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Ing-Jer Chiou (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal fan provided includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a fan frame, and a fan blade module. The upper cover has an upper air inlet with an upper air inlet radius. The fan blade module includes a hub, a connecting ring, a plurality of inner ring blades, and a plurality of outer ring blades. The connecting ring surrounds the hub and forms an inner ring region and an outer ring region around the hub. The plurality of i...