ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,437, issued on March 24, was assigned to ABC Technologies Inc. (Toronto).

"Toroid surge tank with inverted divider wall" was invented by Richard Allan (Holland Landing, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive surge tank including tank body defining an interior volume, the tank body including a first tank portion and a second tank portion. The tank body includes at least one coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and an interior divider wall that separates the interior volume of the tank body into two fluidly connected zones. Passage of coolant through the surge tank requires the coolant to travel from one of the zones to th...