ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,127, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"Folded-fin vapor chamber cold plate" was invented by Steven Dean (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), Ernesto J. Ferrer (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico), John Paul Franz (Tomball, Texas) and Laura Malcotti-Sanchez (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat removal apparatus may comprise a vapor chamber device and a cover coupled to the vapor chamber device. The vapor chamber device comprises a base, a folded fin structure coupled to the base, with the base and folded fin structure defining a vapor chamber containing a wick and a working fluid. The cover ...