ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,357, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Cylinder block" was invented by Yosuke Yamaguchi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cylinder block includes a plurality of cylinder bores, a water jacket surrounding the plurality of cylinder bores, and a through channel that extends between adjacent cylinder bores and through which the coolant from the water jacket 30 flows. The through channel has a first upstream channel having an upstream end connected to the water jacket, a second upstream channel having an upstream end connected to the water jacket, and a downstream channel connected to a d...