US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for using additive manufacturing for thermal management" (New York, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,959, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for using additive manufacturing for thermal management" was invented by Brian Magann Rush (Niskayuna, N.Y.), William Dwight Gerstler (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Stefano Angelo Mario Lassini (Lowell, Mich.) and Todd Garrett Wetzel (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a thermal management system for electronic devices, including a heat frame, a conformal slot portion, chassis frame, and heat fins wherein the heat frame, conformal slot, chassis frame, and heat fins are integrally formed as a unitary str...