ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,900, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Exhaust system and gas turbine equipped with same" was invented by Tetsuya Shimmyo (Tokyo), Shinya Hashimoto (Tokyo), Norihiko Nagai (Tokyo) and Shingo Yamasue (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust system includes, a first outer diffuser, a second outer diffuser, an exhaust casing covering an outer circumferential side of the first outer diffuser, an exhaust chamber covering an outer side of the second outer diffuser, a first annular seal device, a second annular seal device, and a third annular seal device. The first annular seal device is di...