US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 27 for "Cylinder block baffle for separating oil from crankcase gasses" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,984, issued on May 27, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Cylinder block baffle for separating oil from crankcase gasses" was invented by Erzabeth J. Holcombe (Northville, Mich.), Joshua D. Simon (Sylvania, Ohio), Theodore Beyer (Howell, Mich.), Christopher K. Palazzolo (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Louis Van Hout (Berkley, Mich.) and John McNally (Garden City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil separation baffle is mounted in an oil gallery of an internal combustion engine. A lower section includes a bottom wall and side window openings. Crankcase gasses flow into the side window openings, through the lo...