ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,936, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Heat sink for an electronic board of a motor vehicle motor-driven fan unit" was invented by Ismael Franco (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France) and Zhenxia Ma (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a heat sink for an electronic board of a motor vehicle motor-driven fan unit, comprising a surface (2) intended for exchanging heat with an air flow set in motion by the motor-driven fan unit, referred to as exchange surface (2), said exchange surface (2) comprising a planar portion (3) arranged so tha...