ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,692, issued on July 14, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Combustion device and boiler" was invented by Hiroki Ishii (Tokyo), Takahiro Kozaki (Tokyo), Emi Ohno (Tokyo) and Makoto Echizenya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a combustion device including: a burner that includes an ammonia injection nozzle having an injection port that faces an inner space of a furnace; and an adjustment structure that adjusts a separation distance between the injection port and the inner space."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/322,953.

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