Patent 11744419 was granted and assigned to Makita on September, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A cleaner reduces noise. The cleaner includes a motor assembly including a motor and a fan rotatable about a rotation axis with a rotational force generated by the motor, a cover surrounding the motor assembly, a guide that guides air from the fan at least partially to an outer surface of the cover, and a rib assembly that guides the air guided by the guide at least partially in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis along the outer surface of the cover.