Patent ID: 7228888

Claim:
A coolant tank for a liquid-cooling system, comprising: a tank wall, the tank wall having an inlet port and an outlet port; and a degassing and vortex-preventing structure, including: an inner conduit having a first end attached to one of the ports of the tank wall, and a second end located in an interior of the tank; an outer conduit having a first end and a second end, and surrounding the second end of the inner conduit; and a baffle covering the first end of the outer conduit; wherein the inner conduit and the outer conduit lack perforations when the one of the ports is the inlet port; and wherein the tank is symmetrical about an axis of symmetry and the inlet port and the outlet port are both concentric with the axis of symmetry; whereby liquid flow into or out of one of the ports passes through the inner conduit past the second end and passes between the outer conduit and the portion of the inner conduit that is surrounded by the outer conduit.