ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,862, issued on March 3, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Throttle apparatus for engine" was invented by Jun Kiyono (Odawara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A throttle apparatus for an engine according to the present invention includes a pair of throttle bodies 2f and 2r disposed between a pair of banks Bf and Br of a V-type engine E, a pair of throttle bores 3 provided in the respective throttle bodies 2f and 2r and configured to guide intake air, throttle valves 5 supported to be openable/closable by a pair of throttle shafts 4 intersecting an arrangement direction of the banks and an axial direction of the throttle bore...