US Patent Issued to Google on March 18 for "Heat sink with turbulent structures" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,117, issued on March 18, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Heat sink with turbulent structures" was invented by Xu Zuo (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planar fin for use in a heat sink includes turbulent structures extending from the sides of the planar fin. Each turbulent structure defines a longitudinal axis and having a first edge that is parallel to the longitudinal axis and connected to a planar surface of the fin. Each turbulent structure also includes a second edge opposite the first edged and in free space. The second edge defines a periphery that varies in distance from the first edge a...