ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,515, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUZHOU BEIANG SMART TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Dust collecting mechanism, car air purifier and fan" was invented by Hongyu Ran (Suzhou, China), Qi Chen (Suzhou, China), Yigang Liu (Suzhou, China) and Yaoyuan Lu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application provides a dust collecting mechanism, a car air purifier and a fan, and relates to the technical field of air purification. The dust collecting mechanism includes a generator assembly including a generator holder, a generator plate and a generator filament, the generator plate and the generator filament being arranged...