US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Oct. 6 for "Crankcase oil separation device for internal combustion engine" (Indiana, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,229, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Crankcase oil separation device for internal combustion engine" was invented by Rodney Allen Lawrence (Frankfort, Ind.), Joshua Amiel Lehe (West Lafayette, Ind.), Brandyn A. Stack (Lafayette, Ind.) and Yegor Litvinov (Shakopee, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses including coalescing filter are discussed and shown. The coalescing filter can optionally include: a filter media; a central core defining a central cavity, the central core positioned within the filter media; a first end cap; a coupling assembly attached to and extending outward from the fi...