ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,248, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Hydrogen engine" was invented by Hiroyuki Endo (Sagamihara, Japan), Masaki Toda (Sagamihara, Japan), Sota Watanabe (Sagamihara, Japan) and Tomohiro Noguchi (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen engine using fuel gas containing hydrogen, including: a cylinder; a piston movable within the cylinder; a cylinder head forming a combustion chamber with the piston, and including an intake port connected to the combustion chamber and a fuel supply port connected to the combustion chamber; an intake valve ...