ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,549, issued on April 14, was assigned to PURPLE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Three-dimensional heat transfer device" was invented by Xue Mei Wang (Hui Zhou City, China) and Xiao Min Zhang (Hui Zhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional heat transfer device includes a first thermally conductive casing, a second thermally conductive casing, a first capillary structure, a second capillary structure and a heat pipe. The second thermally conductive casing has a through hole. The second thermally conductive casing is mounted on the first thermally conductive casing so as to form a liquid-tight chamber...