US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 16 for "Modular heatsink and methods of use thereof" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,459, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Modular heatsink and methods of use thereof" was invented by Timothy James Howitt (Oxford, Mich.), Ronald Miller (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Erin Farbar (LaSalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heatsinks and methods are provided for dissipating thermal energy from a substrate in thermal contact therewith. The heatsinks include a plurality of sequentially coupled links. Each of the links includes a hub portion elongated along a central longitudinal axis thereof, a male connector on a first side of the hub portion and elongated along the ...