ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,017, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Damping structure of inline six-cylinder engine" was invented by Taichi Masuoka (Aki-gun, Japan), Yuki Nabetani (Aki-gun, Japan), Tatsuhiro Ishida (Aki-gun, Japan), Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Aki-gun, Japan), Takashi Miyamoto (Aki-gun, Japan) and Yuki Date (Aki-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping structure of an inline six-cylinder engine is provided, which includes pistons reciprocatably fitted in the six cylinders, respectively, a crankshaft disposed below the pistons in a vertical direction of a vehicle and coupled to the pistons via connecting ...