ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,994, issued on May 27.
"Control device of an exhaust gas guide section of an exhaust gas turbocharger" was invented by Stephan Weniger (Wertach, Germany), Viktor Dick (Plankstadt, Germany), Zdenek Reif (Edingen-Neckarhausen, Germany), Manfred Guthorle (Neckarbischofsheim, Germany), Nils Brinkert (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Jurgen Weeber (Neckarsulm, Germany) and Christoph Natkaniec (Ludwigsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes a closing device with a closing element and an element lever, pivoting around an axis. The closing element is designed to open and close a first flow...