US Patent Issued to Jacobs Vehicle Systems on March 25 for "Valve actuation system comprising hydraulic lash adjuster operating via a one-way coupling mechanism" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,888, issued on March 25, was assigned to Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. (Bloomfield, Conn.).

"Valve actuation system comprising hydraulic lash adjuster operating via a one-way coupling mechanism" was invented by Matei Alexandru (Simsbury, Conn.) and Gabriel S. Roberts (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve actuation system comprises a first rocker assembly operatively connected to a first valve actuation motion source and to a first engine valve, with a first lost motion component arranged in series between a first input rocker and a first output rocker. A second rocker assembly is operatively connected to a second ...