ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,427, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Reset valve for compression release brake" was invented by Dixon Malcolm Correa (Columbus, Ind.), Arnab Chanda (Pune, India) and Alan Ronald Bennett (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine brake reset valve includes a cylindrical housing body having an end and a central cavity therein. The reset valve includes a first valve part attached to a second valve part, wherein the central cavity is sized to receive the first valve part and the second valve part. The first and second valve parts are movable within the central cavity between open and close...