ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,419, issued on March 3, was assigned to Frore Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Crash mitigation in active mems cooling systems" was invented by Ananth Saran Yalamarthy (San Jose, Calif.), Vikram Mukundan (San Ramon, Calif.), Suryaprakash Ganti (Los Altos, Calif.), Sangkyu Kim (San Jose, Calif.), Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy (La Jolla, Calif.) and Prathima Kapa (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid transfer system is described. The fluid transfer system includes an active element, a structural element coupled with the active element, and a cushion. The active element has a leading edge and is configured to undergo vibr...