ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,457, issued on Nov. 25.
"Internal combustion engine" was invented by Philip Franklin Gaziano (Wilbraham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine has a uniblock that defines a blind cylinder bore that terminates within the uniblock. A piston is inserted into the cylinder bore from a bottom end of the cylinder bore. Parallel first and second vertical planes extend along first and second lateral sides of the cylinder bore. A cylinder zone being defined between the first and second vertical planes. A crosshead is coupled to the piston. A first crankshaft has a first crankshaft axis that extends parallel to the ...