ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,509, issued on March 25.

"Compliant thermal management devices, systems, and methods of fabrication thereof" was invented by Georgios Karamanis (Medford, Mass.) and Marc Scott Hodes (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal management devices, systems, and methods of fabrication thereof are generally directed to accommodating variability in height, shape, or other geometric features of one or more heat-dissipating components on a substrate while maintaining efficient transfer of heat away from the one or more heat-dissipating components. For example, a thermal management device may include a housing, a diaphragm, and ...