ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,051, issued on July 29, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Fuel pump" was invented by Hisao Ogawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fuel pump including: a pump head (23); a plunger barrel (32) in which a support hole (38) is provided, and one end section of which in the axial direction of the support hole (38) is screw-fastened into the pump head (23); a plunger (41) that is supported in the support hole (38) so as to be freely movable in the axial direction; a pressurization chamber (56) that is defined by one end of the support hole (38) and one end...