ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,570, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Exhaust gas pipe, and engine" was invented by Hajime Suzuki (Sagamihara, Japan), Minoru Esaki (Sagamihara, Japan) and Takeshi Kadowaki (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust gas pipe includes: a plurality of pipe bodies which are formed in a tubular shape centered on an axis and are arranged in a direction of the axis and through which an exhaust gas led from an engine body flows; a connection portion which connects a pair of the pipe bodies adjacent to each other; and a gasket which is provided bet...