ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,707, issued on June 17, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Intake manifold and outboard motor" was invented by Hirobumi Oosawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intake manifold includes: a surge tank, die-molded to temporarily store intake air; and branch pipes, in communication with the surge tank. The surge tank includes, on an outer wall thereof, a flange part and a reinforcement rib, a sensor unit configured to detect an intake air state quantity being installed to the a part. The flange part includes: a fitting hole, having an axis as a center to be fit with a detection part of the sensor unit; and boss part...