US Patent Issued to Jacobs Vehicle Systems on June 30 for "Valve actuation system for providing valve actuation motions for late/early intake valve closing and internal EGR" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,074, issued on June 30, was assigned to Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. (Bloomfield, Conn.).

"Valve actuation system for providing valve actuation motions for late/early intake valve closing and internal EGR" was invented by John A. Schwoerer (Storrs Mansfield, Conn.) and Robb Janak (Bristol, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve actuation system comprises a first motion transfer mechanism operatively connected to a first valve actuation motion source providing at least main valve actuations to at least one intake engine valve. A second motion transfer mechanism is operatively connected to a second valve actuation motion source pr...