ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,675, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to THERMOTECH HOLDINGS LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Compliant cooling plates" was invented by Georgios Karamanis (Medford, Mass.) and Marc Hodes (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cooling plates are generally directed to accommodating static and dynamic variations in heat dissipation requirements across a plurality of heat-dissipating components while maintaining efficient transfer of heat away from the heat-dissipating components. For example, a cooling plate may include a housing, a diaphragm, a plurality of ribs, and at least one fin. The housing and the diaphragm may collectively defin...