ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,582, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vapor chamber" was invented by Kenya Kawabata (Tokyo), Yoshikatsu Inagaki (Tokyo), Hirofumi Aoki (Tokyo), Hiroshi Okada (Tokyo), Yosuke Watanabe (Tokyo) and Hideaki Kawabata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor chamber including a container having a cavity portion formed inside, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a working fluid sealed in the cavity portion, and a vapor flow path through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the vapor flow path being provided in the cavity portion, wherein a contai...