ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,719, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HOWDEN AXIAL FANS APS (Naestved, Denmark).

"Motor cooling shroud for fully reversible turbomachinery" was invented by William Murray Whyte (Glasgow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor cooling shroud optimized for a fully reversible turbomachine where the motor cooling shroud improves the turbomachine's performance by efficiently controlling the cooling flow over a motor in both operating directions. The motor cooling shroud may be substantially cylindrical and may have a first end, an opposite second end, and a sidewall spanning between the first and second ends. The second end ...