ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,963, issued on May 20.
"Automotive bending tool and method of repairing automobile turbocharger system without removing or disassembling components of the turbocharger" was invented by Ahmad Salim (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bending tool for shortening the length of a wastegate actuator arm (or "linkage") of a turbocharger system of an automobile by applying or otherwise creating a bend or dent in a wastegate actuator arm to repair a leaky wastegate, and a method of repairing a leaky wastegate valve of a turbocharger system of an automobile without disassembling or removing components of the turbocharger system...