US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on March 11 for "Switching roller finger follower with inner arm having asymmetric inner roller" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,501, issued on March 11, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Switching roller finger follower with inner arm having asymmetric inner roller" was invented by Andrei Radulescu (Marshall, Mich.), Austin Zurface (Dowling, Mich.), Egidio Canzoniere (Matera, Italy) and Alessio Lorenzon (Avigliana, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching roller finger follower (SRFF) assembly for valve actuation comprises an outer arm, an inner arm, an inner roller, a bearing axle and a pair of outer rollers. The outer arm is pivotally coupled to a pivot axle. The inner arm is at least partially disposed within the outer arm an...