ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,871, issued on July 28, was assigned to PURPLE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Fan module with detachable dual-fan assembly" was invented by Xiangwei Ou (Hui Zhou City, China) and Shiman Xu (Hui Zhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan module for cooling electronic devices comprises a first fan and a second fan detachably coupled together. The first fan includes a first housing having latching slots, a first engagement member defining a first engagement slot with a first opening oriented toward a corresponding latching slot, and a first fan blade disposed within the first housing. The second fan includes a seco...