ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,193, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for thermal management of electronic devices" was invented by Nicholas Andrew Keehn (Kirkland, Wash.), Husam Atallah Alissa (Redmond, Wash.), Bharath Ramakrishnan (Bellevue, Wash.), Vaidehi Oruganti (Kirkland, Wash.) and Ioannis Manousakis (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management device includes a body, a fluid movement structure, and a movement mechanism. The body is configured to receive heat from a heat-generating component at a proximal surface, and the fluid movement structure is on a dista...