ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,211, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Automation device with heat sink" was invented by Ulf Stein (Schwandorf, Germany) and Martin Bergmann (Schnaittenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automation device configured for use in an automation environment for automation of an industrial process includes an enclosure and a printed circuit board arranged parallel to first and second side parts at right angles to an upper or underside of the enclosure, wherein the printed circuit board carries a microprocessor in thermal connection with a heat sink that has cooling metal sheets, where the heat sink has a p...