ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,027, issued on April 8, was assigned to HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Heat sink" was invented by Young Joo Kim (Busan, South Korea), Yong Soo Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Seung Boong Jeong (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jong Yun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat sink according to an example embodiment comprises: an inlet part through which a refrigerant is introduced; an outlet part through which the refrigerant received from the inlet part is discharged; and a plurality of flow channels disposed between the inlet part and the outlet part, configured to allow the refrigerant t...