ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,102, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to K&N Engineering Inc. (Corona, Calif.).
"Throttle body spacer" was invented by Steve Williams (Cherry Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and methods are provided for a throttle body spacer that improves the performance of an internal combustion engine. The throttle body spacer comprises a body that includes an airflow opening for conducting airflow from a throttle body into an intake manifold. A spiral is disposed along a sidewall of the airflow opening and configured for swirling the airflow. The spiral comprises a helical shape disposed around a circumference of the sid...