ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,244, issued on April 15, was assigned to Cummins-Scania HPCR System LLC (Columbus, Ind.).
"Fuel injectors with misalignment compensation" was invented by Donald J. Benson (Columbus, Ind.), Tamas Rauznitz (Columbus, Ind.), Ahmad M. Sabri (Columbus, Ind.), Hanumantharao Konakanchi (Columbus, Ind.) and David Benson (Columbus, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel injector assembly including a member and a seat. The member has a first center along a longitudinal axis. The member has a curved surface and a flat surface. The curved surface has a radius of curvature greater than a width of the member. The flat surface is axially opposed...