ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,181, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PLUME DESIGN INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Fan module" was invented by Ming-Tsung Su (Taipei, Taiwan) and Wang Chun Wen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system including a fan module and a flexible cable. The flexible cable has a first end and a second end. The flexible cable includes a first portion at the first end electrically connected to the fan module and a second portion that extends from the first portion towards the second end and includes one or more contact targets adjacent the second end. The one or more contact targets are configured to engage one or more...