US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Feb. 3 for "Fuel injector assembly having sleeve with flow-directing cap and engine system using same" (Illinois, Texas, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,593, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Fuel injector assembly having sleeve with flow-directing cap and engine system using same" was invented by Bobby John (Peoria, Ill.), Jonathan W. Anders (Peoria, Ill.), Naga Krishna Chaitanya Kavuri (Melissa, Texas) and Dean C. Diers (Rapid City, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine system includes an engine housing having an intake port to convey an incoming flow of intake air to a first intake valve opening and a second intake valve opening located downstream of the first intake valve opening. A port fuel injector assembly is supported in the engine ho...