ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,380, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Thermally conductive circuit card guides" was invented by Richard J. Musiol (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed for thermal coupling and fastening of circuit card assemblies of line-replaceable units (LRUs). The LRU may include a chassis configured to house one or more circuit card assemblies. The chassis may include external coupling features configured to receive fasteners. The circuit card assembly may include a heat sink with corresponding coupling features configured to align with the external coupling featur...