ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,566, issued on May 20, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger, in particular of a motor vehicle, and internal combustion engine" was invented by Matthias Hamann (Dornstetten, Germany) and Nils Brinkert (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger has a turbine housing which has at least two flow paths which are fluidically separated from one another at least in some regions and through which exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine can flow. A turbine wheel is accommodated in the turbine housing and can be driven by ...