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Damien Patton
Apple's newly granted patent describes a "compact computing system" and a desktop computer whose cylindrical housing is shaped so that airflow serves as "a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components." Fig. 1 (left) shows the enclosure; Fig. 4A (right) shows the central core it surrounds. Leonard, Texas inventors Daniel L. McBroom and Michael D. McBroom are among 11 named on the patent. [Composite image: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12638892-B2, Figs. 1 and 4A; DI Studio]
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