ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,642, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (hire, Great Britain).

"Fan assembly" was invented by Samuel Thomas Railton (Bristol, Great Britain), Matthew Jerome Jennings (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Robert James Kyle (Bristol, Great Britain), Matthew Graham Legg (Swindon, Great Britain) and Andrea Ricci (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly is described comprising a refrigeration system, an airflow generator and a condensation collector. The refrigeration system comprises a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The airflow generator is for generating an airflow over the se...