ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,591, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Gas supply pump for ship dual fuel engine" was invented by Sang Don Lee (Ulsan, South Korea), Chang Ha Lee (Ulsan, South Korea), Tae Hyung Park (Ulsan, South Korea), Tae Soo Kim (Ulsan, South Korea) and Young Seok Song (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas supply pump for a ship dual fuel engine is described. The gas supply pump includes a rotatable camshaft, a plurality of cam noses arranged at regular intervals along a lengthwise direction of the camshaft, a cam roller in close contact with eac...