ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,917, issued on June 17, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Heat sink" was invented by Brian Cornell (West Allis, Wis.), Alan Amundson (Milwaukee), Duane W. Wenzel (Waukesha, Wis.), Dalton F. Hansen (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) and Tyler Young (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charger for an electrical device (e.g., a site light) includes a housing defining an interior cavity, and one or more openings formed in the housing. A heat sink is disposed in the interior cavity of the housing and is operable to dissipate heat produced in the housing. The heat sink is positioned in a facing relationship ...