ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,621, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Fan, air conditioner having fan, and manufacturing method of fan" was invented by Byungghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunggeun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwansoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inwon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan comprises a base to be rotated with respect to a rotation axis, an inlet having an opening formed in a center thereof, the inlet spaced apart from the base with respect to a rotation axis direction, and a blade arranged between the base and the inlet. The blade comprises a ...