ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,651, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Nordicco ApS (Fredericia, Denmark).
"Fan assembly with ultra violet disinfection" was invented by Dennis Thomsen (Fredericia, Denmark) and Jesper Hermansen (Skanderborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly includes an electric motor; a rotor driven by the electric motor to rotate about an axis of rotation, and a plurality of blades, for example airfoil shaped blades, attached to the rotor. At least one blade includes a lighting assembly having an ultraviolet light source mounted inside an internal cavity proximal to an end of a blade body of the at least one blade such that th...