US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Oct. 21 for "Valve bridge with integrated spline bushing for lost motion and engine brake" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,905, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Valve bridge with integrated spline bushing for lost motion and engine brake" was invented by Nicola Andrisani (Turin, Italy) and Emanuele Raimondi (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocker arm assembly for an engine including a main body rotatable about a shaft. The main body has a roller end and a valve end. A first switchable castellation assembly is disposed in the valve end. The first switchable castellation assembly has a distal end configured to selectively move a first valve. A second switchable castellation assembly is disposed in the...