ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,423, issued on July 28, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vapor chamber and electronic device" was invented by Jie Yang (Dongguan, China), Jian Shi (Shanghai), Yongfu Sun (Shenzhen, China) and Zhen Sun (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor chamber is provided. The vapor chamber includes a first cover close to a heat source, and a second cover far from the heat source. The first cover and the second cover form a cavity, the cavity is divided into at least a first cavity and a second cavity, and the first cavity and the second cavity have different cross-sectional sizes. A first wick is ...