ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,562, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Mixed flow turbine and turbocharger" was invented by Toru Hoshi (Tokyo), Takao Yokoyama (Tokyo) and Toyotaka Yoshida (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This mixed flow turbine is provided with a turbine wheel comprising a hub and blades provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of the hub on an outer peripheral surface of the hub. The tip ends of the leading edges of the blades are positioned on an outer side in the radial direction of the turbine wheel than the hub ends of the leading edges. Wh...