ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,191, issued on May 19, was assigned to CHAMP TECH OPTICAL (FOSHAN) Corp. (Foshan, China) and Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Fan and electronic device employing fan" was invented by Jing-Shu Chen (Foshan, China), Yong-Kang Zhang (Shenzhen, China) and Yung-Ping Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan includes a housing, an impeller, and a bearing. The housing includes a bottom plate and a shaft sleeve with an internal space. The impeller includes a wheel hub, a shaft rod, and a thrust plate. The bearing is arranged in the internal space, the shaft rod is rotatably connected to the shaft sleeve th...