US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on July 7 for "Heatsink with phase changing plugs and extinguishing coolant" (Maryland, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,396, issued on July 7, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Heatsink with phase changing plugs and extinguishing coolant" was invented by Alexandra Dewey (Ijamsville, Md.), Jennifer I. Bennett (Rochester, Minn.) and Theron Lee Lewis (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for extinguishing a thermal runaway in an electronic component is provided. The apparatus comprises a heatsink affixed to the electronic component, a reservoir containing coolant, and one or more Phase Change Material (PCM) plugs blocking coolant contained in the reservoir, where the PCM plugs, in res...