ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,388, issued on May 5, was assigned to Yanmar Power Technology Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Engine device" was invented by Hiroaki Naganawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine includes a common rail attached to one side portion of a cylinder block that pivotally supports a crankshaft in a rotatable mariner, the one side portion extending along a crankshaft center, and the common rail being configured to supply a fuel to the engine. A flywheel housing that accommodates a flywheel that is rotated integrally with the crankshaft is disposed in one side portion out of opposite side portions of the cylinder block intersecting ...