ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,985, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Air blower" was invented by Nobuaki Yabunouchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Hayato Takahashi (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air blower includes a body, a fan, a rectifier unit, and an imparter. The body has a first inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow channel. The rectifier unit is disposed between a fan and the outlet port in a direction. The rectifier unit has a second inlet port. The rectifier unit divides an airflow into a first airflow and a second airflow. The first airflow has a flow velocity equal to or greate...