ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,502, issued on March 24, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Fan assembly" was invented by Philip Tennison Reilly (Gloucester, Great Britain) and Jesal Bipin Patel (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly comprising an airflow generator and a nozzle. The nozzle comprising a body defining an air inlet to receive generated airflow, an air outlet section, and a switching member. The switching member switches between a first position, delivering only a first airflow to the outlet, and a second position, delivering both first and second airflows. The air outlet section comprise...