ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,564, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Exhaust turbine and supercharger" was invented by Shigeyoshi Sakuma (Tokyo), Keigo Sakamoto (Tokyo), Eigo Kato (Tokyo), Nobuhito Oka (Sagamihara, Japan) and Makoto Ozaki (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of an exhaust turbine according to the present disclosure is provided with: a rotating shaft; a turbine wheel attached to one end side of the rotating shaft; a turbine housing having a scroll portion formed on an outer peripheral side of the turbine wheel; a bearing housing that accommodates a bea...