US Patent Issued to CISCO TECHNOLOGY on Dec. 16 for "Controlled-force thermal management device installation" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,585, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Controlled-force thermal management device installation" was invented by Robert Gregory Twiss (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlled-force thermal management device installation that helps thermal management of emerging, next-generation devices are provided. A system includes a mounting assembly for a thermal management device. The mounting assembly includes a fastener and a coupler. The system further includes a compression and locking interface configured to lock with the coupler and compress the mounting...