ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,116, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BNNT LLC (Newport News, Va.).
"BNNT thermal management material for high-power systems" was invented by Thomas G. Dushatinski (Newport News, Va.), Thomas W. Henneberg (Newport News, Va.), Clay F. Huff (Newport News, Va.), Kevin C. Jordan (Newport News, Va.), Jonathan C. Stevens (Williamsburg, Va.), Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Va.), R. Roy Whitney (Newport News, Va.), Lyndsey R. Scammell (Newport News, Va.) and Alex I. Wixtrom (Newport News, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal interface materials may be enhanced through the dispersion of refined boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) into a po...