ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,372, issued on July 22, was assigned to General Filters Inc. (Novi, Mich.).
"Humidifier with crossflow fan" was invented by Joshua David Bailey (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidifier assembly includes a crossflow fan located in an air flow chamber at a lateral side of the air flow chamber and extends along a fan axis that is oriented in a generally vertical direction. The crossflow fan has elongate blades that extend generally parallel to the fan axis in an array around the fan axis to define an interior space along the fan axis. The crossflow fan is configured to define an inlet area at which the air is drawn from ...