ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,257, issued on May 27, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for an interlocking feature on a power module" was invented by Edward Choi (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a power module, wherein the power module includes an interlocking feature on a first surface of the power module; and at least one heat sink, wherein the surface of the at least one heat sink includes a layer of thermal interface material."

The patent was filed on Jan. 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/159,449.

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