ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,462, issued on July 7, was assigned to Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (New Tech Park, Singapore).

"Fan speed adjustment based on detection of type of connected cable" was invented by Jeffrey S. Holland (Newton, N.C.), Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, N.C.), Lake Maxwell (Cary, N.C.), Tinashe Kucherera (Raleigh, N.C.) and Connor Raines (Monroe, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for adjusting fan speed based on a cable connection includes reading an identifier ("ID") of a network interface card ("NIC") installed in a computing device, the identifier indicating a NIC type, determining one or more cable types co...