ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,987, issued on April 1, was assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INC. (Tokyo).

"Self-cooling chassis for a communications device" was invented by Gerard MacManus (Tewsbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-cooling chassis for a communication device. The chassis includes a top housing including a first set of input/output (I/O) connectors arranged along a top housing front side. The top housing is configured to house at least one processor communicatively coupled to the first set of I/O connectors. The top housing has a top side including a plurality of heat fins configured to dissipate heat away from the at least one processor. Th...