ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,696, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Noise reduction for air flow devices" was invented by Ignacio Justo Perez Pablos (Malmesbury, Great Britain) and Christopher Ashley Monk (Royal Wootton Bassett, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing noise in a device configured to generate an air flow. The device includes an air flow duct arranged to convey a flow of air, a gas-filled cavity disposed beside the air flow duct, and a wall separating the air flow duct and the cavity. The wall includes at least one aperture. The method includes optimising an acoustic pr...