ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,558, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Vapor chamber and electronic apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Kitamura (Kanagawa, Japan), Takateru Adachi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shusaku Tomizawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hajime Yoshizawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor chamber includes: a first metal plate; a second metal plate having an outer edge portion joined to the first metal plate and forming a sealed space in which working fluid is enclosed, the sealed space being formed between the first metal plate and the second metal plate; and a wick stored inside the sealed space. The f...