ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,414, issued on April 7, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Method and apparatus for contextual switching between information handling system cooling systems" was invented by Nikhil M. Vichare (Austin, Texas), Travis C. North (Cedar Park, Texas) and Mitchell A. Markow (Hutto, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information handling system includes a hardware processor, memory device, power system, and an ion emitter/collector blower cooling system with an ion emitter/collector blower, having an ion emitter and an ion collector, and a cooling fan, where an ionic driving circuit operatively couples high voltage t...