US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Dec. 2 for "Engine brake system for an internal combustion engine" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,807, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Engine brake system for an internal combustion engine" was invented by Anteo Carl Opipari (Saugatuck, Mich.), Paul Austin (Rockford, Mich.), Brian Joseph Warner (Hudsonville, Mich.), Rolando Huerta Ortiz (Grandville, Mich.) and James Augustine Hazel (Caledonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine brake system, comprising a housing comprising a first passage extending along a first axis, a second passage extending along a second axis that intersects the first axis, the first passage in communication with the second passage. The engine brak...