ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,103, issued on June 10, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Pressure regulator for engine lubrication system" was invented by Simon Tooley (Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain), Daniel McNish (Tyne & Wear, Great Britain) and Jason Kenneth Rigg (Hartlepool, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for an internal combustion engine includes a fluid flow control device at the outlet side of the pump that regulates pressure conditions at the outlet side of the pump upstream of the lubrication circuit in the engine. The fluid flow control device includes a chamber that is opened in response a fluid pressur...