ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,043, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Mechanically expanded microfin tube liquid cooled heat sink" was invented by Arindom Joardar (Jamesville, N.Y.), Lokanath Mohanta (Liverpool, N.Y.), Konstantin Borisov (Avon, Conn.) and Ismail Agirman (Southington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a power electronics assembly includes forming a plurality of pathway openings in a heat exchanger body and inserting a tubular member in each pathway opening of the plurality of pathway openings. The tubular member includes a plurality of internal surface enhancements. An interference ...