ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,760, issued on June 16, was assigned to PITTWAY SARL (Rolle, Switzerland).

"Damping device for an electric motor for a ventilator" was invented by Gerrit Wascher (Rolle, Switzerland), Martin Koelker (Rolle, Switzerland), Marek Kanuch (Rolle, Switzerland), Martin Petersmann (Rolle, Switzerland) and Kay Jarysek (Rolle, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a vibration damping device configured to decouple vibration of an electric motor for a ventilator, comprising: a base plate (140); a bearing unit (150) for supporting the electric motor, a plurality of decoupling elements (120),...