ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,293, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Wiwynn Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Server and air duct sensing method" was invented by Po-Sheng Su (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ching-Wen Hsiao (New Taipei, Taiwan), Hsien-Yu Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Tzu-Shun Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server includes a chassis, an air duct, a sensing module and a board management controller. The air duct is disposed in the chassis. The sensing module is disposed in the chassis. The sensing module senses whether the air duct is correctly installed. The board management controller is disposed in the chassis and coupled to the sens...