ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,404, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Centrifugal fan module" was invented by Hui-Lun Chin (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Pai-Yu Hsiao (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Che-Wei Lee (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ching-Hsien Yeh (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Chih-Wei Chan (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal fan module is provided. The centrifugal fan module includes a housing, a blade unit, a heat sink and a vapor chamber. The housing includes a bottom cover, a sidewall, a top cover and an outlet structure, wherein the bottom cover is connected to the bottom of the sidewall, the top cover is connected to the top ...