ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,461, issued on April 15, was assigned to TAIWAN MICROLOOPS CORP. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Vapor chamber and single-piece support structure thereof" was invented by Chun-Hung Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor chamber includes a shell body, a wick structure, a single-piece support structure and a working fluid. The shell body includes a first shell and a second shell. A chamber is formed between the first shell and the second shell. The wick structure is disposed in the chamber and attached on the shell body. The single-piece support structure is disposed in the chamber and between the first shell and the seco...