ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,344, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Pumped two-phase cooling of aircraft electronics" was invented by Michael F. Stoia (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Jianping Tu (Walnut, Calif.), Arun Muley (San Pedro, Calif.), Richard C. Smith III (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Kevin Javier Jui (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft cooling system comprises an evaporator, condenser, an accumulator, and a pump system. The evaporator is configured to cool a set of heat loads in an aircraft using a liquid. The liquid forms a vapor in response to cooling the set of heat loads. The condenser...