US Patent Issued to Solberg on Sept. 9 for "Crankcase pressure regulator having umbrella style valve" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,736, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Solberg Mfg. Inc. (Itasca, Ill.).

"Crankcase pressure regulator having umbrella style valve" was invented by Charles H. Solberg (Tower Lakes, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated assembly includes a primary housing which carries the filter element. A partition resides in a secondary housing which seals off an atmospheric chamber from a pressure regulator chamber. The partition is moveable in a first axial direction and a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction response to a change in a pressure drop across the filter element. A valve assembly changes from a close...