US Patent Issued to ARCTIC (HK) on Dec. 9 for "CPU cooler contact frame and method for installing a cooler onto a CPU using the same" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,332, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ARCTIC (HK) Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"CPU cooler contact frame and method for installing a cooler onto a CPU using the same" was invented by Magnus Huber (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooler contact frame is provided which replaces an ILM for both installing a CPU into a socket and as a mount for CPU cooler installation. According to embodiments of the present invention, the contact frame is provided with two mounting nuts on either side (depending on the heatsink design whether a mounting bar positioned in the East-West or North-South direction is more suitable) to f...