US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on Sept. 9 for "Valvetrain testing using instrumented pushrod" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,998, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Valvetrain testing using instrumented pushrod" was invented by Kyle Louis Antonette (Williamsport, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for testing a pushrod valvetrain in an engine includes replacing an original pushrod with an instrumented pushrod (IPD) which includes a sensor configured to measure strain and/or motion. The engine is then operated, and the output of the sensor is monitored for anomalies. Diagnosis and repair of identified defects may then follow."

The patent was filed on Jan. 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/150,543....