ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,710, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SHINANO KENSHI K.K. (Nagano, Japan).
"Centrifugal air blower" was invented by Masahiko Uni (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a centrifugal air blower capable of maintaining strength of a case body and having high handleability and reliability even when an exhaust port is provided to a radial-direction side surface of the case body, and securing air volume and static pressure and reducing noise even in a small and flat shape. In an annular air blowing path 4f formed to circle around a case body 4 at a radial-direction outer side by a first case 4a and a second case 4b...