ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,760, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Fan module and range hood including same" was invented by Sung Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Duckjin Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonghoon Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwanwoo Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seunggee Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan module and a range hood including same. The range hood includes a housing having an inlet through which air flows, and a fan module arrangeable within the housing to draw in air through the inlet of the housing, wherein the fa...