US Patent Issued to NVIDIA on Aug. 4 for "Vapor columns with reduced cross-sectional area for increased airflow" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,674, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NVIDIA Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Vapor columns with reduced cross-sectional area for increased airflow" was invented by Malcolm Gutenburg (San Francisco) and Darryl Moore (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system that includes an electronic component, a fan arranged to force air in a first direction, a stacked fin assembly, and a three-dimensional vapor chamber. The three-dimensional vapor chamber includes a base that is thermally coupled to the electronic component and a plurality of vapor columns that extend outward from the base towards the stacked fin assembly...