US Patent Issued to Jacobs Vehicle Systems on April 29 for "Rocker arm with a reset slider disposed in a lash adjustment assembly" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,909, issued on April 29, was assigned to Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. (Bloomfield, Conn.).

"Rocker arm with a reset slider disposed in a lash adjustment assembly" was invented by Austen P. Metsack (Ashford, Conn.) and Gabriel S. Roberts (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocker arm comprises an actuator piston slidably disposed in an actuator piston bore formed in a motion imparting end thereof. A lash adjustment assembly is disposed in the motion imparting end and comprises an internal bore. A hydraulic passage is in fluid communication with the actuator piston bore and the internal bore. A resetting assembly is disp...