ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,902, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Roller rocker arm assembly" was invented by Ondrej Cisar (Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic) and Zdenek Hubner (Kamen, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center pivot roller rocker arm assembly can comprise a main roller rocker arm, a second roller rocker arm, and a latching assembly. The main roller rocker arm can comprise a rocker shaft bore, a valve end, a cam end, and a main cam surface on the cam end. The second roller rocker arm can comprise a second rocker shaft bore, a second cam end, and a second cam surface on the second cam end....