ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,601, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cooling apparatus for electronic device" was invented by Tsuyoshi Sanada (Susono Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cooling apparatus for the electronic device includes a heat sink, the fan, and a drift rib. In the heat sink, a plurality of fins is erected side by side in a thickness direction on a base portion that receives heat of an electronic component. The fan generates an air flow between the fins by air blowing caused by rotation. The drift rib is positioned on a tip end side of the fin on a downstream side in an air blowing direction of a centr...