ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,422, issued on July 1, was assigned to Faber S.p.A. (Fabriano, Italy).
"Fan assembly for extractor hood for hobs" was invented by Andrea Rapisarda (Jesi, Italy) and Raffaele Galassi (Gubbio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly (1) for an extractor hood to be used in a kitchen over a hob includes a body or casing (2) and an impeller (22) driven by an electric motor (20), with the casing having an internal cavity (4) which is bounded by a wall (3) and suitable to contain the impeller and the electric motor. The impeller (22) is located in the cavity (4) in such a manner as to define, with the wall of cavity, a spiral duc...