ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,900, issued on March 3, was assigned to ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS Co. LTD. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Fan bearing fixing and anti-slipping structure" was invented by Jing-Ping Huang (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Feng Liu (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Zuo Zou (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Sung-Wei Sun (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan bearing fixing and anti-slipping structure comprises a fan frame, a shaft core, two bearings, and a first spring. The fan frame includes a base with a bearing sleeve protruding therefrom on an air outlet side. The shaft core extends into the bearing sleeve. The two bearings are mounted...