ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,869, issued on March 3, was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. (Aki-gun, Japan).

"Engine system" was invented by Takeru Matsuo (Aki-gun, Japan), Hiroshi Minamoto (Aki-gun, Japan), Masahiro Miyazaki (Aki-gun, Japan), Yohei Nakano (Aki-gun, Japan), Tomoyuki Wada (Aki-gun, Japan), Sotaro Yoshida (Aki-gun, Japan) and Kentaro Takaki (Aki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine system is provided with an adjustment apparatus, which adjusts an engine output parameter; and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage, which connects an exhaust passage on a downstream side relative to exhaust gas purification apparatuses with an intake p...