ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,435, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Heat harvesting in data storage devices" was invented by Uthayarajan AL Rasalingam (Nibong Tebal, Malaysia) and Niladri Dey (West Bengal, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device includes TE elements thermally connected between IC chips thereof and a lid assembly. An electronic controller of the data storage device is configured to receive voltages generated by the TE elements in response to the heat generated in the IC chips and is further configured to use the voltages to provide electrical power to an electrical fan of the li...