ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,111, issued on March 18, was assigned to ASF Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd (Sydney).

"Internal combustion engine having targeted engine lubrication" was invented by Graham Harry Fountain (Sydney), Emmanuel Kavarnos (Sydney), Dimitrios Psonis (Sydney) and Richard Terrence Tamba (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine, including a pair of opposed pistons, a pair of opposed cylinders, and an output shaft, wherein each of the pistons is arranged for reciprocating motion within a respective one of the cylinders, driven by combustion, and the pistons are coupled to the output shaft by a coupling such that s...