ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,819, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Deutz AG (Cologne, Germany).
"Internal combustion engine" was invented by Marco Sliwa (Siegburg, Germany) and Thomas Werner (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase for rotatably supporting a crankshaft about a crankshaft longitudinal axis. The crankcase comprises a crankcase water jacket, a cylinder head which is connected to the crankcase and comprises a cylinder head water jacket, and a coolant pump for supplying the crankcase water jacket and the cylinder head water jacket with a coolant volume flow. The crankcase water jacket and t...