ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,418, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Rib structure on cylinder block" was invented by Yuan Luo (Wuhan, China) and Xiling Zhou (Wuhan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to rib structure on cylinder block. A cylinder block having a top surface, an inner bottom surface, a cylinder opening on the top surface, and a head boss positioned on the top surface, centered on a first axis, and configured to engage with a fastener at an initial position, which defines a first depth. The cylinder block includes a first main boss positioned on the inner bottom surface, centered on...