ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,274, issued on July 22, was assigned to Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vapor chamber" was invented by Yoshikatsu Inagaki (Tokyo), Kenya Kawabata (Tokyo) and Hirofumi Aoki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor chamber is provided that allows space-saving and weight reduction of a device in which the vapor chamber is to be mounted. The vapor chamber has a container in which a cavity portion is formed by one plate-shaped body and another plate-shaped body facing the one plate-shaped body, and a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion. The container includes a heat transfer portion that transfers heat by a phase change...