ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,992, issued on May 26, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Turbine unit for a supercharging device" was invented by Martin Czechanowski (Schwetzingen, Germany) and Christian Kraemer (Guntersblum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine unit (10) for a supercharging device (1), with a bearing housing (30) and a turbine housing (20) which is coupled to the bearing housing (30) via a flange connection (100). The flange connection (100) has a turbine-housing-side flange (110) and a bearing-housing-side flange (120). The turbine-housing-side flange (110) and the bearing-housing-side flange (120) are configured ...