US Patent Issued to University of Virginia Patent Foundation on June 17 for "Heat transfer device for high heat flux applications and related methods thereof" (Virginia, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,000, issued on June 17, was assigned to University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Heat transfer device for high heat flux applications and related methods thereof" was invented by Hossein Haj-Hariri (Charlottesville, Va.) and Reza Monazami (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and related method that provides, but is not limited thereto, a two-phase heat transfer device with unique combination of enhanced evaporation and increased cooling capacity. An advantage associated with the device and method includes, but is not limited thereto, increased cooling capacity per unit area, controlled an...