ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,151, issued on June 10, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).

"Fan and motor assembly for an appliance such as a vacuum cleaner and a vacuum cleaner having same" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly comprising a plurality of nested components comprising a first stator; a first rotor that is radially spaced from the first stator, wherein the first rotor is magnetically driven by the first stator, the first rotor includes a second stator whereby the second stator rotates with the first rotor; a second rotor that is radially spaced from the se...