ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,065, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COFIMCO S.R.L. (Pombia, Italy).

"Blade for a low-noise industrial axial fan, industrial axial fan and process for manufacturing a blade of an industrial axial fan" was invented by Carlo Gallina (Pombia, Italy), Alberto Manassa (Pombia, Italy) and Emanuele Torno (Pombia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade for an industrial axial fan includes an airfoil, extending along a blade axis and having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a root side, a tip side; and a rod, having a first end connected to the airfoil and a second end protruding from the airfoil for coupling to a hub. The root side...