ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,612, issued on March 17, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Centrifugal fan and electronic apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Kitamura (Kanagawa, Japan), Junki Hashiba (Kanagawa, Japan), Shusaku Tomizawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takateru Adachi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal fan includes: a fan having a motor that rotates around a central axis, and a plurality of blades provided on an outer periphery of the motor; and a casing which accommodates the fan, and has an intake port provided in the axial direction of the central axis, and an exhaust port provided in a direction orthogon...