ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,323, issued on April 8, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"Hydraulic capsules for valvetrain assembly" was invented by Nicola Andrisani (Turin, Italy) and Majo Cecur (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic capsule is provided for use in connection with an engine decompression brake or other variable valvetrain lifts. The hydraulic capsule comprises a main body having a latch pin, a first housing defined by a first outer diameter, an upper chamber defined by the first housing, and a first biasing member, and the latch pin is disposed inside the upper chamber and held by the first biasing member; a...