ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,681, issued on May 19, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Modular and adjustable thermal load test vehicle" was invented by Dennis Trieu (Calgary, Canada), Bharath Ramakrishnan (Bellevue, Wash.), Husam Atallah Alissa (Redmond, Wash.), Robert Jason Lankston II (Woodinville, Wash.) and Xudong Tang (Sammamish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for simulating thermal loads may include a platform, a stage affixed to the platform but having a portion that is moveable relative to the platform, and nodes coupled with the platform. In one example, a node may be affixed to the movable portion of the...