ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,504, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Turbine and turbocharger" was invented by Takuro Kiriaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a turbine, including: an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a turbine impeller; an exhaust flow passage configured to allow communication between the accommodating portion and an exhaust-air introduction port; a discharge flow passage configured to allow communication between the accommodating portion and an exhaust-air discharge port; a bypass flow passage configured to allow communication between the exhaust flow passage and the discharge flow passage whi...