ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,519, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electric motor having fan with through-hole and cylindrical guide facing bracket" was invented by Kenta Kaneko (Tokyo) and Seiji Haga (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor includes a shaft supported rotatably about a rotation axis, a rotor located outward from the shaft in a radial direction of the shaft and rotatable integrally with the shaft, a stator facing the rotor in the radial direction, and a first bracket including an inlet to draw air into the electric motor from outside. The electric motor further includes a fan rotatable integral...