US Patent Issued to Cummins Filtration on Nov. 4 for "Crankcase ventilation systems including integrated sensors and controller" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,564, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cummins Filtration Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Crankcase ventilation systems including integrated sensors and controller" was invented by Anthony Barreteau (Quimper, France), Chirag D. Parikh (Madison, Wis.) and Benjamin L. Scheckel (Stoughton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating crankcase ventilation system comprises a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet, a motor comprising a stator and a rotor, and a shaft. A first end of the shaft is coupled to the rotor and configured to rotate in response to rotation of the rotor. A filter element is coupled to the shaft. A sensor is configure...