ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,522, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Centrifugal blower" was invented by Fumiya Ishii (Kariya, Japan), Jun Yamaoka (Kariya, Japan) and Mari Fukada (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal blower includes a case, an electric motor supported by the case at a motor support position, and a fan driven by the electric motor. The fan includes: a boss installed to an output shaft; a main plate extending outward from the boss in a radial direction; a plurality of blades extending from the main plate toward one side in an axial direction; and a side plate joined to an end portion of each...