ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,580, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Microsoft Tehcnology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Systems and methods for two-phase cooling of electronic components" was invented by Douglas Patrick Kelley (Sammamish, Wash.), Alexis Grace Schubert (Seattle), Kathryn M. Oseen-Senda (Seattle), Martha Geoghegan Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.) and Dennis Trieu (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat sink includes a body with an expansion chamber therein. The body is configured to receive heat from a heat source. The expansion chamber is configured to expand a working fluid from an inlet port to an outlet port of the heat sink. An...