ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,333, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to STONEPLUS THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Fan and electronic device" was invented by Hsiu-Wei Wu (Guangdong, China), En-Yu Lin (Guangdong, China) and Zhongqi Zhou (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan includes a shell, a hub and an impeller. The base cover and the cover plate are arranged in parallel, and the side shell is arranged between the base cover and the cover plate. The cover plate is provided with an air inlet connected with the accommodating chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the impeller, and the side shell is provided ...