ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,548, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RIGH INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for cooling circuit board components in a compact signal hub" was invented by Ming-Tsung Su (Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Wen Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Haohsiu Huang (Cupertino, Calif.), Huang Yu Ting (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yuhan Liu (Taipei, Taiwan) and ChiuWen Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a signal hub incorporating a cooling system for managing heat dissipation in compact electronic devices. The cooling system addresses airflow impedance challenges as the hub's volume decreases, which can inhibit...