ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,918, issued on April 21, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Display device with vapor chamber housing phase-changeable working fluid" was invented by Shinichi Wakabayashi (Suwa, Japan) and Norikazu Kadotani (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a base having a first surface, and a second surface at an opposite side to the first surface, a reflective light modulation element disposed on the first surface, and electrically coupled to the base, a drive circuit board having a third surface electrically coupled to the second surface, and a fourth surface at an opposite side to the third surface...