ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,004, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NINTENDO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electronic apparatus" was invented by Takafumi Nishida (Kyoto, Japan) and Kohei Matsumoto (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus 1 has: a housing having an intake opening; a fan and a board housed in the housing; and a first and second heat generating components mounted on a first and second surface of the board, respectively. A first and second flow paths guiding air flowing in from the intake opening to the fan are formed in the housing. The first flow path includes a space on the first surface having the first heat generating...