US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on June 23 for "Inflator having combined cutwater and intake/exhaust port" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,017, issued on June 23, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Inflator having combined cutwater and intake/exhaust port" was invented by Ryan Hoeler (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool to generate airflow including a housing that has an intake port and an outlet port, and an impeller coupled to the housing. The housing at least partially defines a volute between the intake port and the outlet port, and the impeller is in airflow communication with the volute to generate an airflow between the intake port and the outlet port through the volute. The tool includes an airflow guide that is disposed...