ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,047, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Electric apparatus" was invented by Mitsuru Hano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooler of an embodiment includes a contact surface, a flow path formation portion, a supply portion, a discharge portion, and at least one retention portion. The contact surface is in contact with a cooling target object. A flow path through which a refrigerant flows is formed in the flow path formation portion. The supply portion supplies the refrigerant to the flow path. The discharge portion discharges the refrigerant from the flow path. The retention portion changes a flow...