ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,275, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Shinwa Controls Co. Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Temperature-controlled fluid circulation apparatus and temperature-controlled fluid circulation system" was invented by Masakatsu Yamawaki (Kawasaki, Japan), Teiichirou Ueda (Kawasaki, Japan), Katsutoshi Sakai (Kawasaki, Japan) and Shuya Matsubayashi (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature-controlled fluid circulation apparatus includes a flow path through which a fluid controlled by a temperature control unit is circulated via a fluid supply target; a three-way valve in the flow path downstream of the fluid supply target and up...