ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,019, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Camshaft adjustment system for flexibly starting an internal combustion engine, and method for operating a drivetrain" was invented by Gerhard Scheidig (Furth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a camshaft adjustment system comprising a hydraulic camshaft adjuster having a stator and a rotor forming at least one working chamber. The at least one working chamber is divided into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber The sub-chambers interact with a control valve controllable via a first actuator. ...