ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,063, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NIDEC Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Blower" was invented by Yushi Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower includes a pair of impellers, a pair of housings, a straightening grid, and a holding portion are included. The pair of impellers are rotatable with a central axis as a center, and are coaxial or substantially coaxial. The pair of housings extend along the central axis in a tubular shape with both end surfaces in an axial direction open, and respectively house the pair of impellers. The straightening grid is between the pair of impellers, and includes a plurality of venti...