ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,228, issued on July 8, was assigned to Billet Machine and Fabrication Inc. (Toano, Va.).

"Fuel injector" was invented by Jack McClain French III (Toano, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in a fuel injector that includes an upper housing portion that defines an inlet passage adapted to receive fuel, and a lower housing portion that is attached to the upper housing portion and that defines an injector outlet adapted to dispense fuel. The fuel injector includes an electromagnetic coil assembly that is user removable while the upper housing portion remains attach...