US Patent Issued to Progress Rail Locomotive on Nov. 18 for "Cylinder liner having coolant flow balancer and engine power assembly using same" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,871, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Cylinder liner having coolant flow balancer and engine power assembly using same" was invented by Farhan F Devani (Park Ridge, Ill.), Joshua D. Schueler (New Lenox, Ill.) and Jeffrey P Nowak (Dyer, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylinder liner in a power assembly for an engine includes an elongate liner body including a water jacket surface and a plurality of combustion air ports extending from an outer liner surface to an inner liner surface. A coolant supply passage extends from a coolant inlet formed in an outer liner surface, to a water ...