ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,108, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Dumarey Automotive Italia S.p.A. (Turin, Italy).

"Internal combustion engine with optimized intake system" was invented by Francesco Concetto Pesce (Turin, Italy), Alberto Lorenzo Vassallo (Turin, Italy) and Luca Buzzi (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine provided with an optimized intake system. The engine derives from a traditional diesel cycle engine but is modified and optimized in its intake system to achieve performance superior to that of traditional diesel engines. According to the invention, some main characteristic...