Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Heatsink With Phase Changing Plugs And Extinguishing Coolant' Filed by International Business Machines Corporation

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517075100 A) filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, U.S.A., on Aug. 7, for 'heatsink with phase changing plugs and extinguishing coolant.'

Inventor(s) include Dewey, Alexandra; Bennett, Jennifer I.; and Lewis, Theron Lee.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An apparatus and method for extinguishing a thermal runaway in an electronic component is provided. The apparatus comprises a heatsink affixed to the electronic component, a reservoir containing coolant, and one or more Phase Change Material (PCM) plugs...