ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,628, issued on July 15, was assigned to Hyoseong Electric Co. Ltd. (Busan, South Korea).

"Blower motor" was invented by Jin Gun Jung (Busan, South Korea), Chi Won Moon (Busan, South Korea) and Seokmin Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower motor includes a motor assembly 100; a flange 200 on which the motor assembly 100 is mounted; and a damper plate 300 coupled to the flange 200 and supporting the motor assembly 100, wherein the motor assembly 100 includes: a stator assembly 20; a rotor assembly 30 disposed on an outer periphery of the stator assembly 20 and rotating with a shaft 10; a stator block 40 couple...