ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,896, issued on May 26, was assigned to ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Computer device" was invented by Kuo-Yi Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), Cheng-Lun Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan), Yi-Wei Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Yu-Yao Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Yu Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Shiou-Shian Mei (Taipei, Taiwan), Yu-Chi Tu (Taipei, Taiwan), Xiao-En Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Jung-Pin Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer device provided includes an electronic system, a power supply unit, and a power control module. The electronic system includes a main board with a power connector and a central processing unit (CPU). The power...