ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,541, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LONG VICTORY INSTRUMENTS Co. LTD. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Liquid-gas phase-transition evaporator conducive to mounting a capillary structure in place" was invented by Chien-Chung Feng (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Shen-Chun Wu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid-gas phase-transition evaporator conducive to mounting a capillary structure in place includes: a casing having a top board, a bottom board, a lateral portion extending laterally to achieve enclosure, an enclosed space, a liquid inlet and a gas outlet; a plurality of positioning elements each tapering upward; and a capillary comp...