ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,623, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Cooling device for ship propulsion machine" was invented by Yusuke Tanaka (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device for a ship propulsion machine includes a drain passage and a collector. The collector includes a collector main body, a case, an upper connection pipe, and a lower connection pipe having flexibility. A first bent portion is provided between an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the lower connection pipe. A second bent portion is provided between the first bent portion and the lower end portion of the lower con...