ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,251, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"Actuating mechanism for a switchable rocker arm" was invented by Alessio Lorenzon (Avigliana, Italy) and Egidio Canzoniere (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation mechanism for selective switching of a valvetrain switching mechanism by a linear actuator mechanism includes an actuator arm having a pin contact surface for engaging an actuator pin of a linear actuator mechanism, a switching arm, and a lever axle pivotally coupling the actuator arm and the switching arm and rotatable about a lever axis, wherein the actuation mechanism is c...