ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,361, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Assembly comprising a circuit carrier and a heat sink" was invented by Christopher Peron (Pins-Justaret, France) and Clement Tondellier (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement is provided comprising a circuit carrier and a heat sink. The circuit carrier has at least one arc-shaped curved region, and the heat sink also has at least one arc-shaped curved region. The arc-shaped curved region of the circuit carrier is either inwardly or outwardly curved, and the arc-shaped curved region of the heat sink is the opposite either outw...