ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,290, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Thermal management in data storage device" was invented by Tew Wei Hong (Simpang Ampat, Malaysia), Chan Tze Ping (Jawi, Malaysia), Lau Chun Sean (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia), Heng JunJeen (Hutan Melintang, Malaysia), Tan Yi Chun (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia) and Wong Guohonn (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal management of data storage devices in a server. In one example, a data storage device with a housing includes a first section, a second section, a third section, at least one first aperture that defines an airflow inlet, and at...