ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,246, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cooling apparatus, circulation-type cooling system, and electronic instrument" was invented by Naoya Okada (Matsumoto, Japan) and Takahiro Miyata (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling apparatus includes a first vapor chamber which is formed of a combination of a first plate that receives heat from a heat source and a second plate facing the first plate, a liquid cooling section which includes a liquid cooling container combined with the first vapor chamber, and a plurality of first fins which are provided in the liquid cooling section and form a ...