ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,282, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Idea DC Motor & LED Co. Ltd (Zhongshan, China).

"Ceiling fan device with wall control-compatible pull chain switch" was invented by Yuanfeng Lai (Zhongshan, China), Zibai Yu (Zhongshan, China), Yuanzhong Lai (Zhongshan, China) and Qi Yu (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling fan device with a wall control-compatible pull chain switch is disclosed, including a wall control module group, a pull chain switch assembly, a sampling and control module group, a drive module, and a fan motor. The wall control module group includes an operating module and a signal modulation module. T...