US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on April 29 for "Valvetrain power transfer module with shortened leaf-spring contact" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,908, issued on April 29, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Valvetrain power transfer module with shortened leaf-spring contact" was invented by Dale Arden Stretch (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valvetrain includes a camshaft (501), a pivot (303), a rocker arm assembly (203) mounted on the pivot (303), a latch assembly (122), a power transfer module (100) a rocker arm (401), a cam follower (301) configured to engage a cam, and two contacts pin (403) protruding to opposite sides of the rocker arm (401). The electromagnetic latch assembly (122) includes a latch pin (405) and an electromagnet (119) tha...