US Patent Issued to Savant Holdings on July 7 for "Friction-reducing turbocharger" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,400, issued on July 7, was assigned to Savant Holdings LLC.

"Friction-reducing turbocharger" was invented by Bret J. Park (South Jordan, Utah) and Zackary D. Swasey (Riverton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbocharger or turbocharger component including an annular unison ring, a first nozzle ring, and a set of ball bearings. The annular unison ring is devoid of direct contact with the first nozzle ring and contacts the first nozzle ring only indirectly via the set of ball bearings disposed within the bearing race. An inner insertion recess and an outer insertion recess may be rotationally aligned to form a ball bearing insert...