ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,957, issued on May 20, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Extruded heat pipe" was invented by Christopher Michael Moore (Hillsboro, Ore.), Curtis Koepsell (Beaverton, Ore.), Juha Tapani Paavola (Hillsboro, Ore.), Monica Maria Conejo Herrera (Alajuela, Costa Rica) and Luis Diego Jimenez Sanchez (San Pedro, Costa Rica).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal is extruded through a feeder plate and an extrusion die to form a heat pipe component that includes a length of pipe and a flange extending outward from the pipe along the length of the pipe. A section of the flange is removed from the extruded heat pipe component, the...