US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on June 10 for "CDA lifter with hydraulic control feed from outside the engine block" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,102, issued on June 10, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"CDA lifter with hydraulic control feed from outside the engine block" was invented by Ryan Krieger (Portage, Mich.) and Bryar Peters (Marshall, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a lifter assembly comprises a lifter having a latching mechanism, a slot arranged on an outer wall of the lifter and comprising an inlet that provides access to the latching mechanism, and a pin comprising a fluid channel. The latching mechanism is switchable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The pin is configured to interface with the slo...