ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,724, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD (Osaka, Japan).

"Centrifugal blower" was invented by Masahito Higashida (Osaka, Japan), Toru Iwata (Osaka, Japan) and Anan Takada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal blower includes an impeller, and a scroll casing. The impeller draws in gas through an opening in a side surface and sends out the gas in a centrifugal direction. The scroll casing includes an inlet, an outlet, a peripheral wall arranged along an impeller outer circumference, and a tongue that guides the gas flowing along the peripheral wall to the outlet. The peripheral wall includes a fi...