US Patent Issued to Raytheon on June 3 for "Thermal spreader including ringframe and thermal straps for thermal dissipation in space and other applications" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,674, issued on June 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Thermal spreader including ringframe and thermal straps for thermal dissipation in space and other applications" was invented by Keith R. Burrell (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Andrew J. Bristol (Brentwood, Calif.), Rosalio S. Vidaurri (Los Angeles) and Kevin A. Miyamoto (Camarillo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a thermal spreader configured to remove thermal energy from a device to be cooled. The thermal spreader includes a ringframe having an opening, where the opening is configured to provide access to the device through the ringfra...