ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,590, issued on July 15, was assigned to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC. (Torrance, Calif.).
"Turbomachine with turbine section having integrated fluid separator" was invented by Yuxiang Liu (Shanghai), Winne Guo (Shanghai), Naifang Fu (Shanghai) and Yves Tang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbomachine includes a turbine housing and a turbine wheel that cooperatively define a first flow path extending downstream from an inlet, across the turbine wheel, to a first outlet. The turbine housing defines a second flow path extending downstream from the inlet to a second outlet. The first flow path and the second flow path both ex...