ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,120, issued on June 2, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Vapor chamber with integrated bubble pump" was invented by Daniele Torresin (Baden, Switzerland), Andrey Petrov (Zurich, Switzerland) and Bruno Agostini (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor chamber for cooling a heat source is provided. The vapor chamber includes a cavity between a baseplate and a condenser wall, the cavity containing a cooling medium, wherein the baseplate has an evaporator side towards the cavity and an attachment side opposite to the evaporator side for attaching the heat source, wherein the baseplate is adapted for ...