ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,464, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Projector with improved configuration of cooling apparatus" was invented by Jun Hirai (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projector includes an image formation apparatus including first to third light modulators and cooling apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes a first duct and a first centrifugal fan according to the first light modulator, a second duct and a second centrifugal fan according to the second light modulator, and a third duct and a third centrifugal fan according to the third light modulator. The first to third centrifugal fans are each s...