ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,317, issued on July 1, was assigned to DISH Network LLC (Englewood, Colo.).
"Electronic assembly having thermal pad with polymer layer" was invented by Steven Nedved (Littleton, Colo.), Morgan Kirby (Palmer Lake, Colo.), Svitlana Trygubova (Lakewood, Colo.) and Henry Gregg Martch (Parker, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic assembly is provided. The electronic assembly includes a heat-spreader component and at least one spring. The electronic assembly further includes a thermal pad contacting the at least one spring, and at least one layer of polymer directly contacting at least one of an upper surface and a lower surfa...