ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,401, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH (Mannheim, Germany).
"Cylinder liner and method for manufacturing a cylinder liner" was invented by Inigo Guisasola (Landau, Germany) and Olaf Berger (Dudenhofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a cylinder liner for an internal combustion engine, comprising a flange having a seat-engaging surface which is configured for bearing onto a flange seat of an engine block, and wherein the seat-engaging surface has a sloped portion which extends along at least a half of a radial length of the seat-engaging surface and which is inc...