ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,813, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Cooling channel structure and burner" was invented by Yuta Takahashi (Tokyo), Tatsuya Kameyama (Tokyo), Yoshitaka Nakayama (Tokyo), Toshiyuki Yamashita (Tokyo), Yasuharu Chuman (Tokyo), Shuji Tanigawa (Tokyo), Takafumi Shinogi (Tokyo) and Ryuhei Takashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling channel structure includes a tubular member with openings at both ends. In an inner portion of the tubular member or on a surface of the tubular member, as cooling channels for a cooling medium for cooling the tubular member, spiral outer surface-side chan...