ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,249, issued on June 30, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Thermally insulating and electrically conductive spacer" was invented by Paul B. Crosbie (Chicago), Garrick Chow (Foster City, Calif.), Michelle Yu (Redwood City, Calif.) and James A. Cooper (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example device includes a circuit board: an electronic component that is attached to the circuit board and generates heat during operation; an enclosure, at least a portion of the enclosure being electrically conductive; a spacer positioned between the circuit board and the enclosure, the spacer comprising a first surf...