ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,192, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Evaporator and loop heat pipe" was invented by Kazuhide Hakamada (Kobe, Japan), Keiji Sakagawa (Kobe, Japan) and Yu Haruki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporator that receives heat from a heat generator to change at least part of a working fluid from a liquid phase to a gas phase includes: a housing including an accommodation chamber that accommodates the working fluid; and a heat receiver located on a bottom surface of the housing and thermally connected to the heat generator. The housing includes: a porous plate dividing the accommodati...