ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,469, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Portable pedestal fan" was invented by Matthew D. Strommen (Greendale, Wis.) and Srdjan Acimovic (Hales Corners, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable fan having a power supply, a motor coupled to a plurality of fan blades and powered by the power supply, and a battery pack coupled to the portable fan and configured to provide power to the power supply. The portable fan further includes a controller configured to receive power from the power supply. The controller is configured to receive an input to control the motor at a requested sp...