ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,188, issued on May 19, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Axial-flow heat-dissipation fan" was invented by Cheng-Wen Hsieh (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Mao-Neng Liao (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Kuang-Hua Lin (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Wei-Chin Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Tsung-Ting Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial-flow heat dissipation fan including a frame, a hub, and a plurality of blades is provided. The frame has an air inlet and an air outlet. The hub is rotatably arranged in the frame. The blades disposed at side of the hub respectively and rotate along with the hub. Ea...