ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,596, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).

"Household appliance having an improved fan and motor assembly and fan and motor assembly for same" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household appliance has an air flow path extending from an air inlet to an air outlet with a fan and motor assembly. The fan and motor assembly comprises a motor drivingly connected to a first rotating fan blade subassembly and a second rotating fan blade subassembly. A first rotating fan blade subassembly provides a first level of air flow and a first level...