ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,978, issued on March 25, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Wilthshire, Great Britain).
"Fan assembly with a removable filter assembly" was invented by Philip Tennison Reilly (Gloucester, Great Britain) and Ben Thomas Edmonds (Swindon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly, including a fan body including an inlet surface defining an air inlet. A motor-driven impeller contained within the fan body generates an airflow. A filter assembly is arranged to removably engage with the fan body and to cover at least a portion of the inlet surface when engaged with the fan body. The filter assembly includes a filter a...