ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,765, issued on May 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Engine system with coolant collector" was invented by Dean W. Walters (Rapid City, S.D.), Allen Y. Chen (Dunlap, Ill.), DeForest C. Gould III (Washington, Ill.), Jason L Van Farowe (Brimfield, Ill.) and Quinton M. Burcar (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine system including a cylinder block, a cylinder head attached to the cylinder block, an EGR cooler, and a coolant collector bracket is provided. The cylinder head includes a plurality of coolant passages. The coolant collector bracket is coupled to and between the cylinder ...