US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA on June 24 for "Method and apparatus for engine oil dilution analysis" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,271, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Method and apparatus for engine oil dilution analysis" was invented by Mark A. Bachicha (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is presented for analyzing lubricant composition of a vehicle engine. The system includes the vehicle engine; sensors; a controller in communication with the sensors; and a lubrication sampling apparatus coupled to the controller and the engine's lubrication system. The sampling apparatus is configured to: transfer a first sample of the lubricant into a first sample container...