ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,967, issued on June 17, was assigned to Shonan Trading Co. Ltd. (Yokahama, Japan).

"Cooling device" was invented by Makoto Yasuda (Yachiyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cooling device using the vaporization heat of water, the cooling device capable of eliminating the need for a continuous supply of a large amount of water from the outside and reducing an environmental load. A cooling device 1 which cools a cooling target object 3 using vaporization heat of water includes: an air circulation mechanism 10 including an air circulation path 11 including a target object cooling section 11a for cooling the cooling tar...