ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,695, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Heat pipe structure, heat sink, manufacturing method for heat pipe structure, and manufacturing method for heat sink" was invented by Chiyoshi Sasaki (Tokyo) and Masakazu Isemura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base block has a longitudinal direction and a width direction and includes a recessed part in which a heat receiving tubular portion is accommodated, and a container part of a heat pipe is caulked and fixed in a recessed part and a first metal part containing first metal having a melting point equal to or higher than 130deg C. and equal to or ...