US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Oct. 7 for "Water jacket" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,563, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Water jacket" was invented by Hirosumi Todaka (Saitama, Japan) and Yasunari Kimura (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water jacket includes a base having a plate shape. The base includes: a refrigerant supply path having a refrigerant inflow portion configured to allow a refrigerant to flow thereinto; a refrigerant discharge path having a refrigerant outflow portion configured to allow the refrigerant to flow out therethrough; and a chamber communicating with the refrigerant supply path and the refrigerant discharge path. The chamber includes: a first ...