ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,176, issued on July 1, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Thermal management apparatus for an information handling system" was invented by Enoch Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Travis C. North (Cedar Park, Texas) and Pomin Shih (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management apparatus, including: a blower, including: an impeller configured to direct airflow towards an egress; a base; and a cover, wherein the cover is coupled to the base to encase the impeller; a fin-stack configured to receive the airflow and transfer heat from the airflow, including: a plate having a perimeter; internal fins coupled to ...