ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,218, issued on May 6, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Reservoir tank, cooling device, and projector" was invented by Toshihiko Matsuda (Osaka, Japan), Shigeyoshi Matsui (Osaka, Japan) and Shigekazu Yamagishi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reservoir tank includes: a tank main body configured to store a refrigerant within the tank main body; an inflow path configured to allow the refrigerant to flow into the tank main body; an outflow path configured to allow the refrigerant to flow out of the tank main body; a collision member that has a first surface and faces an ou...