ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,257, issued on July 8, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Storage device energy recycling and cooling" was invented by Cono J. Sammarco (San Jose, Calif.) and Gurjit Chadha (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various devices, such as storage devices or storage systems are configured to recycle heat generated during normal operation. This recycled heat can be captured and converted into electricity that can be stored for later discharge and use. The recycling can be done through a variety of energy recycling modules that can be placed on various components within a storage device. These energy r...