ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,104, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).

"Fuel pressure accumulating device" was invented by Hisao Ogawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yosuke Kitamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This fuel pressure accumulating device comprises: a fuel pressure accumulating unit inside which a pressure accumulating space is provided; a fuel inflow unit which is fitted to the fuel pressure accumulating unit and through which fuel can flow into the pressure accumulating space; a fuel outflow unit which is fitted to the fuel pressure accumulating unit and through whic...