"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7517930 | Polymer nanocomposites for air movement devices In one embodiment, the invention provides an air movement device having a matrix polymer and nanoparticles. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method of manufacturing an air movement device having dry-mixing about 30% to about 80% by weight matrix polym... | 04/14/2009 |
| D526713 | Fan motor mount | 08/15/2006 |
| 6942457 | Fan assembly and method Fans according to some embodiments of the present invention include a spider, a central hub coupled to the spider, and two or more fan blades. One or more fan design features can be employed (alone or in combination) in the fans of the present invention, including t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6814545 | Fan blade The present invention employs improved fan blade shapes to improve fan blade performance in one or more manners (i.e., increased fan efficiency, lower fan noise, greater fluid moving capability, and the like). In some embodiments, the fan blade has a front side, a r... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6712584 | Fan blade The present invention employs improved fan blade shapes to improve fan blade performance in one or more manners (i.e., increased fan efficiency, lower fan noise, greater fluid moving capability, and the like). In some embodiments, the fan blade has a front side, a r... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6447251 | Fan blade The fan blade is used for a cooling fan assembly to be coupled to the shaft of a motor for rotation about an axis. The fan blade has a curved leading edge and a curved trailing edge with an outer edge which defines an arc between a forward position and a ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 4025231 | Propeller fan construction A propeller fan construction is provided in which the impeller thereof includes a spider member having a plurality of symmetrically arranged planar marginal portions, and a plurality of blades projecting outwardly from the spider member. Each blade has an... | 05/24/1977 |