ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,645, issued on March 25, was assigned to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Turbocharger turbine assembly having post attachment via a tailed laser beam weld" was invented by Petr Balon (Brno, Czech Republic), Lucie Kovarova (Brno, Czech Republic), Antonin Forbelsky (Brno, Czech Republic) and Philippe Renaud (Brno, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine housing assembly is disclosed, the assembly including a turbine housing defining a rotational axis for a turbine wheel. The assembly further includes a cartridge that is receivable by the turbine housing, the cartridge including spacer posts and a plat...