ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,927, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Blower" was invented by Fumitoshi Numata (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower includes a body, a motor, and a single fan configured to rotate in response to rotation of a motor shaft to discharge air through a discharge opening. The maximum rotational speed of the motor shaft is within a range of 50,000 rpm to 120,000 rpm. An area of the discharge opening is changeable by a user. The blower is configured to selectively operate in a first mode or in a second mode according to the area of the discharge opening. In the first mode, the maximum blowing fo...