ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,754, issued on May 13, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Rocker arm assembly, compliance capsules, actuators, and support structures" was invented by Michele Angelo Cecchi (Turin, Italy), Marco Ravoni (Rome), Maria Letizia Ciardullo (Cosenza, Italy), Raffaele DiMaro (Naples, Italy) and Nicola Andrisani (Cumiana, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Several devices are disclosed that can be usable together or used in other valvetrains. Disclosed herein are a rocker arm assembly, compliance capsules for a switchable capsule of the rocker arm, actuators, and support structures for the actuators. The alternative com...