US Patent Issued to Advanced Micro Devices on Sept. 30 for "Lid carveouts for processor lighting" (Colorado, Wisconsin, Utah, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,932, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Lid carveouts for processor lighting" was invented by Jerry Anton Ahrens (Sister Bay, Wis.), William Robert Alverson (Del Valle, Texas), Amitabh Mehra (Fort Collins, Colo.), Grant Evan Ley (Eden, Utah), Anil Harwani (Austin, Texas) and Joshua Taylor Knight (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Package lids with carveouts configured to expose lights directly connected to an internal component of a processor are described. Lid carveouts are configured to precisely align and mechanically secure a cooling device to the package lid by...