ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,247, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Connecting element for heat dissipation unit and heat dissipation unit using same" was invented by Wen-Ji Lan (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat dissipation unit is connected to a bare die heat source by extending connecting elements through four predetermined corners on the heat dissipation unit. The connecting elements respectively include a screw having a spring fitted therearound; a sleeve defining a receiving space for receiving the screw and the spring therein, and having a window formed near an upper end thereof...