ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,009, issued on July 29, was assigned to ACCELLERON SWITZERLAND LTD. (Baden, Switzerland).

"Oil-cooled exhaust turbine apparatus" was invented by Moritz Mosdzien (Baden, Switzerland), Andreas Schmid (Gutach, Germany), Stefan Gantert (Lottstetten, Germany), Wolfgang Joos (Amtzell, Germany) and Davide Marra (Niederrohrdorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments described herein, an oil-cooled exhaust turbine apparatus is provided. The exhaust turbine apparatus comprises a rotatable shaft with a turbine wheel, a bearing member comprising a bearing, a bearing housing comprising a sealing bush portion for prov...