ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,599, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DEUTZ AG (Cologne, Germany) and Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Crankcase and internal combustion engine with such a crankcase" was invented by Marco Sliwa (Siegburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crankcase for an internal combustion engine, including a cast body made of a cast material, a cylinder bore which is formed into the cast body along a cylinder axis and which is delimited by a cylinder track, and a cylinder run-in surface of the cast body. The cylinder track merges into the cylinder run-in surface. The cylinder track is formed by the cast material in a machined state. The cylind...