ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,982, issued on July 21, was assigned to Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Auger assembly and snow thrower" was invented by Shuhua Li (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an auger assembly and a snow thrower including a supporting shaft; a snow throwing paddle, a left and right snow scraper assembly. The snow throwing paddle in a middle of the supporting shaft rotates synchronously with the supporting shaft. The left and right snow scraper assemblies are symmetrical to each other with respect to a particular plane that is perpendicular to an axis of the supporting shaft. The left ...