ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,488, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Fan assembly for an air conditioner appliance" was invented by Kenton Merlino (Louisville, Ky.) and Richard Michael Phillips (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner unit may include a bulkhead defining an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead, and a fan assembly for urging a flow of make-up air from the outdoor portion through the vent aperture to the indoor portion. The fan assembly includes a fan housing having two clamshell upper and lower portions that collectively defi...