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Daniel L. McBroom
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]
Patented: Apple’s Computer Housing and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 17, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 26 with a total of 147 patents granted.
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Beyond Apple, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:
- American Airlines’ cloud-agnostic media manager
- AT&T’s reuse of machine learning models
- Bank of America’s security replicator for personal artificial intelligence system
- Boom Boom Baby’s baby bottle assembly
- Cisco’s protecting software development environments from malicious actors
- Cryoport’s Dewar warming alarm monitoring system
- Dell’s systems for remote peripheral device control virtualization
- Disney’s intelligent content delivery network (CDN) entity routing
- Grainger’s robotic vending machine system
- Honeywell’s dual-frequency comb portable photoacoustic imaging device for non-invasive medical imaging and associated methods
- JPMorgan Chase’s data visualization in the meta verse with portability to multiple meta verse channels
- Netflix’s access control policy management
- Qualcomm’s network rendering and transcoding of augmented reality data
- Solo Brands’ personal watercraft attachment system
- Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions’ customer assistance at self checkouts using computer vision
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North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
The future of logistics isn’t being built in Silicon Valley. It’s being built in Fort Worth.
Hillwood’s decades-long commitment to AllianceTexas—anchored by public-private partnerships, infrastructure investment, and a clear-eyed view of what next-generation supply chains would require—created the foundation for what’s happening today....
Beyond Apple, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:
- American Airlines’ cloud-agnostic media manager
- AT&T’s reuse of machine learning models
- Bank of America’s security replicator for personal artificial intelligence system
- Boom Boom Baby’s baby bottle assembly
- Cisco’s protecting software development environments from malicious actors
- Cryoport’s Dewar warming alarm monitoring system
- Dell’s systems for remote peripheral device control virtualization
- Disney’s intelligent content delivery network (CDN) entity routing
- Grainger’s robotic vending machine system
- Honeywell’s dual-frequency comb portable photoacoustic imaging device for non-invasive medical imaging and associated methods
- JPMorgan Chase’s data visualization in the meta verse with portability to multiple meta verse channels
- Netflix’s access control policy management
- Qualcomm’s network rendering and transcoding of augmented reality data
- Solo Brands’ personal watercraft attachment system
- Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions’ customer assistance at self checkouts using computer vision
Dallas Invents is a look at U.S....
The University of North Texas has been selected as one of 49 “proven innovator” institutions in 23 countries to participate in the Inaugural Innovation Sandbox of the Future Universities Alliance (FUA), organized by Duke University. ...
Hunt Capital Partners has announced the financial closing of West End Lofts, a $125 million mixed-income, mixed-use redevelopment to be located at 711 and 805 Elm Street in downtown Dallas’ West End....
