ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,978, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Structural enclosure for protection against foreign object debris and restraint of thermal interface material" was invented by Charles Chu (Temple City, Calif.), Bruce Vinttran (San Pedro, Calif.), Paola V. Lopez (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.), Sung H. Lee (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Keith R. Burrell (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Andrew J. Bristol (Brentwood, Calif.) and Kevin A. Miyamoto (Camarillo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a substrate and an electrical component mounted to the substrate. The system also includes a structural enclosure...