ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,034, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Fuel pump" was invented by Kensho Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel pump comprising: a pump head (23); a plunger barrel (32) provided with a support hole (38) and having one end portion side of the support hole (38) in the axial direction fastened to the pump head (23); a plunger (41) supported by the support hole (38) so as to move along the axial direction; a pressurizing chamber (56) defined by one end portion of the support hole (38) and one end portion of the plunger (41) in the axial direction; ...