ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,206, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Thermal element for a pressing insertion manufacturing process" was invented by Juan Manuel Gil Montoya (Valle de Acacias, Mexico), Carlton Bruce Plunk (Saltillo, Miss.) and Genaro Manrique Rodriguez Perez (Monterey, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for coupling a thermal plate (10) and a housing (20) is disclosed. The method includes the steps of inserting the thermal plate (10) having a main area (14) and one or more folded panels (11) configured at an angle (15) from the main area (14) to allow the thermal plate (10) to be inser...