ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,745, issued on July 14, was assigned to Fronius International GmbH (Pettenbach, Austria).

"Cooling device having a fan and housing having a cooling device of this type" was invented by Peter Moser (Pettenbach, Austria) and Bernhard Huemer (Pettenbach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device for cooling power electronic components arranged in a housing includes a heat sink and a fan having an electric motor with a rotor and rotor blades non-rotatably connected to the rotor, wherein the motor is arranged in a motor housing and is connected to a cable, and the heat sink has cooling fins and a cavity for receiving the fan...