ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,024, issued on July 29.
"Turbocharger" was invented by Katsunori Hayashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbocharger includes a bearing housing, a variable displacement mechanism, and a restricting member. The variable displacement mechanism includes a nozzle ring and a drive ring. The restricting member includes a flange part, a drive ring guide pin part, and a phase determining pin part. The flange part straddles a first surface of the nozzle ring facing the bearing housing and a second surface of the drive ring facing the bearing housing so that a position thereof with respect to the nozzle ring is fixed. The drive ring g...