US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Nov. 3 for "CPU heat sink detection" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,225, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"CPU heat sink detection" was invented by Eric Michael Tunks (Austin, Texas) and Bryan Robert Krueger (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board with heat sink detection includes a computer-based component with a heat sink associated therewith. The heat sink has a specification and is configured with a unique key representative of the heat sink specification. A key reading device on the circuit board is configured to interact with the unique key and detect the heat sink specification. The key reading device may then transmit a signal indica...