ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,811, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES INC. OF ZHUHAI (Zhuhai, China).

"Cross-flow fan and air conditioner" was invented by Meiling Huang (Zhuhai, China), Jianhuang Zou (Zhuhai, China), Fuqi Chen (Zhuhai, China) and Haohao He (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cross-flow fan and an air conditioner. The cross-flow fan includes a plurality of blades. The plurality of blades are arranged and spaced apart around a rotation axis of the cross-flow fan. Each blade has a blade centerline, and in a cross-section of each blade, the blade centerline is an arc, and a thickness of the blade continuously inc...