ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,998, issued on April 7, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for a refurbishable fan assembly" was invented by Travis C. North (Cedar Park, Texas), Enoch Chen (Wenshan District, Taiwan) and Pomin Shih (Beitou District, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon dioxide (CO2) minimizing refurbishable fan assembly for an information handling system may comprise a refurbishable motor assembly including a re-used bushing mechanically affixed to a re-used exterior housing and disposed through central openings of a re-used printed circuit board assembly and a re-used motor. A replaceable bushing asse...