ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,716, issued on March 31, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Cooling system with intermediate chamber" was invented by Cameron Stuart Nelson (New Freedom, Pa.) and William Leslie Kopko (Jacobus, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cooling system of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system. The cooling system includes an enclosure defining a fluid chamber, and the enclosure includes an evaporating surface configured to be in thermal communication with a liquid fluid in the fluid chamber and with an electronic component ...