ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,753, issued on April 7, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"Rocker arm assembly" was invented by James E. McCarthy Jr. (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Douglas J. Nielsen (Marshall, Mich.), Kshamta Bishno (Pune, India) and Nicola Andrisani (Cumiana, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocker arm configured to perform a first event and a second event against a valve bridge assembly operably associated with first and second engine valves includes a rocker arm body configured to rotate about a rocker shaft. The rocker arm body includes a first event rocker arm assembly comprising a hydraulic capsule in a bore, and a second eve...