ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,419, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Computer system cooling using ventilation channel device" was invented by Douglas E. Messick (Austin, Texas), Rachel Mazzini (Dallas) and Patrick V. Illingworth (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation channel device may be used to provide cooling to components of a computing device. A ventilation channel device may be U-shaped and may be installed within a volume that is physically between fans. The bottom of the U-shaped may include air inlets, and those air inlets may lead to air outlets that are disposed near air intakes of the fans....