US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on March 3 for "Engine cylinder head with temperature-reducing pressure sensor bore" (Indiana, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,853, issued on March 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Engine cylinder head with temperature-reducing pressure sensor bore" was invented by Steven Ramey (Lafayette, Ind.), Alin R. Olaru (Peoria, Ill.), Jonathan R. Chittenden (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Viorel Petrariu (Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one instance, an engine cylinder head includes: an intake passage; an exhaust passage; a coolant channel having a first outer surface including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being shared with the intake passage and the second portion being shared with the exhaust passage; a lu...