ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,659, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Garrett Transportation I Inc (Torrance, Calif.).

"Turbocharger turbine housing assembly" was invented by Gareth Owen (Plymouth, Mich.), Dusan Racek (Brno, Czech Republic), Ludek Pohorelsky (Brno, Czech Republic), Miroslav Protiva (Brno, Czech Republic), Pavel Bares (Brno, Czech Republic), Martin Fajkus (Brno, Czech Republic), Louis Worth (Plymouth, Mich.), Lenardo Burton (Plymouth, Mich.) and Jan Blecha (Brno, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine housing assembly can include an inlet conduit portion that defines an inlet passage, where the inlet passage is in fluid communicatio...