ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,424, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Intake runner for gaseous fuel engine, system, and method" was invented by Jaswinder Singh (Dunlap, Ill.), Michael Bardell (Vail, Ariz.), Yongxian Gu (West Lafayette, Ind.), Eric L Schroeder (Germantown Hills, Ill.) and Patrick J. Seiler (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaseous fuel engine system includes a hydrogen fuel supply, an engine housing having an intake port extending to a cylinder, and an intake runner. The intake runner includes a valve mount attached to a conduit and having a valve mounting face, and a gaseous fuel admission valve is ...