ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,246, issued on May 26, was assigned to PURPLE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Three-dimensional heat exchanger" was invented by Lei Lei Liu (Hui Zhou, China) and Xue Mei Wang (Hui Zhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional heat exchanger includes a thermally conductive casing, a thermally conductive structure, a first heat pipe and a second heat pipe. The thermally conductive casing includes a bottom plate and a thermally conductive protrusion structure. The bottom plate has a first inner surface. The thermally conductive protrusion structure has a second inner surface. The thermally conductive structure ...