ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,477, issued on March 17, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for active and passive cooling of electrical components" was invented by Kevin M. Gertiser (Carmel, Ind.) and Chris Fruth (Kokomo, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for mounting a fin system in a power module includes: sintering a fin system to a first base substrate, the fin system comprising a plurality of fins attached to and extending away from a base plate; sintering a first power switch component to the first base substrate; sintering a second power switch component to a second base substrate; and solderi...