ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,036, issued on July 29, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Reciprocating piston engine, and method for operating a reciprocating piston engine" was invented by Juergen Weber (Erlangen, Germany), Thomas Werblinski (Furth, Germany), Thomas Rasche (HeBdorf, Germany), Korbinian Taubeneder (Nuremberg, Germany) and Alexander Matzkowitz (Burgthann, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for operating a reciprocating piston engine having a valve controller, the method comprising five operating phases (Ph1, Ph2, Ph3, Ph4, Ph5), namely a regular combustion engine o...