ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,354, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Turbine arrangement with separate guidance device" was invented by Thomas Ramb (Worms, Germany), Bernhard Dreher (Kaiserslautern, Germany), Patrick Weber (Niederkirchen, Germany), Alexander Umlauff (Framersheim, Germany) and Ahmet Coksen (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a turbine arrangement for a supercharging device. The turbine arrangement comprises a turbine housing, a turbine wheel and a guide device. The turbine housing defines a turbine spiral and a turbine outlet. The turbine wheel is arranged in the turbine housing b...