ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,149, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Heater apparatus for a computing device" was invented by Eric Michael Tunks (Austin, Texas) and Richard Mark Eiland (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device includes a printed circuit board, a base, and a heater apparatus. The printed circuit board is secured to the base. The heater apparatus includes a heater component and a plurality of heater wires, and the heater component is disposed between the printed circuit board and the base."

The patent was filed on Jan. 14, 2022, under Application No. 17/576,708.

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