ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,888, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Coolant refresh device for coolant distribution unit" was invented by Yongguo Chen (Shanghai), Vic Hong Chia (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Hua Yang (Tracy, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing of a coolant distribution unit, a pump of the coolant distribution unit configured to circulate coolant between the coolant distribution unit and an external component, and a coolant refresh device of the coolant distribution unit. The coolant refresh device is configured to direct coolant from a coolant source into...