ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,499, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Blower" was invented by Jinwook Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jaehyuk Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Juhyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seokho Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower including a case; a fan; and a diffuser that is disposed downstream of the fan and guides air, discharged from the fan, toward discharge ports. The diffuser includes an outer wall; an inner wall spaced apart inwardly from the outer wall so that an air passage is formed therebetween; and a plurality of vanes that extends radially between the outer wall an...