ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,008, issued on Sept. 15.

"Heat dissipating object with self sealing plug allowing for a thermal interface material with fluidity for an electronic device" was invented by Yuci Shen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes a heat-dissipating object allowing for a liquid metal TIM to transfer heat from an electronic device, comprising: a base plate, a storage-tube with a self-sealing plug structure, one or more additional self-sealing plug structures at the base plate, and a sealing ring, wherein the sealing ring is for providing a sealed gap, and the self-sealing plug structures are for filling a liqu...