ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,978, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Giga Computing Technology Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Fan module" was invented by Chia-Chen Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ching-Chuan Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan module includes a fan, a fan frame, a pair of quick release brackets, and a connector set. The fan frame has a bottom wall and sidewalls surrounding the bottom wall to form an accommodating space. The fan is suitable for being placed in the accommodating space. The quick release brackets are assembled at two opposite sides of the fan. The connector set includes first and second connectors. The fir...