ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,649, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. (Bloomfield, Conn.) and CUMMINS INC. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Valve actuation system comprising a discrete lost motion device" was invented by Bruce A. Swanbon (Tolland, Conn.), Justin D. Baltrucki (Canton, Conn.), Robb Janak (Bristol, Conn.), G. Michael Gron Jr. (Windsor, Conn.), John Mandell (Vernon, Conn.), Marc B. Silva (Willington, Conn.), Tyler Hines (Stafford Springs, Conn.), Matei Alexandru (Simsbury, Conn.), Austen P. Metsack (Ashford, Conn.), Gabriel S. Roberts (Wallingford, Conn.), P. Douglas Aubin (Glastonbury, Conn.), Nathaniel P. Hassall (Columbus, Ind.), John Jerl Purcell III (Louisa, Va.), Adam C. Cecil (C...