ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,816, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hunter Fan Co. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Bladeless ceiling fan" was invented by Michael Paul Conti (Memphis, Tenn.), Douglas Troy Mason (Horn Lake, Miss.) and Charles William Botkin (Cordova, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling fan comprising a stationary inner housing defining a first interior, a stationary outer housing that circumscribes at least a portion of the stationary inner housing and defines a second interior, a motor assembly located within the first interior and having a rotor, and a plurality of blades extending between corresponding roots and tips, with the roots coupled to ...