ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,924, issued on April 29, was assigned to BRP-ROTAX GMBH & Co. KG (Gunskirchen, Austria).

"Internal combustion engine and lubrication system thereof" was invented by Robert Kindl (Gunskirchen, Austria), Roland Spatzenegger (Bad Hall, Austria), Tomas Andor (Hepberg, Germany), Markus Hochmayr (Krenglbach, Austria), Thomas Eder (Pettenbach, Austria), Branko Arapovic (Wels, Austria), Thomas Kritzinger (Frankenburg am Hausruck, Austria) and Michael Zunghammer (Gunskirchen, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine for a vehicle and a method for assembling an internal combustion engine. The engine includes a crankc...