ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,135, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cooling device for electronic equipment" was invented by Tsuyoshi Sanada (Susono Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan duct (cooling device) includes: a plurality of ribs that have two different types of forms alternately arranged, the ribs each being disposed from the branch wall toward the fins in a manner of being parallel to the fins and including an apex portion at a tip end thereof being inserted between adjacent ones among the fins, a base of the rib being connected to the branch wall, the rib being configured to branch, at the tip end, the flow ...