US Patent Issued to IHI on April 1 for "Turbocharger including an actuator housing with a through hole" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,615, issued on April 1, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Turbocharger including an actuator housing with a through hole" was invented by Jinhee Byon (Tokyo) and Masashige Takahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbocharger includes an actuator housing in which an actuator that drives a movable member is disposed, a compressor housing disposed adjacent to the actuator housing, and a through hole formed in the actuator housing in an area closer to the compressor housing and extending in a vertically downward direction when the actuator housing is mounted."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/3...