US Patent Issued to Intel on Oct. 21 for "Cooling assembly with strap element to diminish lateral movement of cooling mass during installation of the cooling mass" (Washington, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,054, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Cooling assembly with strap element to diminish lateral movement of cooling mass during installation of the cooling mass" was invented by Phil Geng (Washougal, Wash.), Ralph V. Miele (Hillsboro, Ore.), David Shia (Portland, Ore.), Sandeep Ahuja (Portland, Ore.) and Jeffory L. Smalley (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a bolster plate having a first fixturing element and a strap. The strap is positioned along a frame arm of the bolster plate. The strap has a second fixturing element to be fixed to a...