ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,005, issued on July 29, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).

"Variable geometry turbine and turbocharger with same" was invented by Bipin Gupta (Tokyo), Takeru Chiba (Tokyo), Hiroshi Nakagawa (Sagamihara, Japan) and Takashi Yoshimoto (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a variable geometry turbine and a turbocharger with the same. The variable geometry turbine is provided with a turbine impeller, a housing, a plurality of nozzle vanes, and a link mechanism. Inside the housing, a link compartment in which the link mechanism is accommodated is formed, the ...