US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Aug. 5 for "Latching pin assembly and deactivating rocker arm assembly" (Italian, Czech Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,903, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Latching pin assembly and deactivating rocker arm assembly" was invented by Mirko Guaschino (Prague), Marco Ravoni (Turin, Italy), Nicola Andrisani (Turin, Italy), Michele Angelo Cecchi (Turin, Italy) and Massimo D'Amore (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly can comprise a main latch pin assembly comprising a first diameter on a first main pin face, and a secondary latch piston comprising a second diameter on a secondary piston face. The secondary latch piston can be configured to selectively act on the main latching pin assembly. Th...