MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541020181 A) filed by Cummins Inc. on March 06, 2025, for Connecting Rod For An Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventors include Vikram Kumar; Sachin Nandkumar Paygude; Nikhil Vinayak Rao; Anil Ashok Tiwari; Sayali Apte; Gaurav Samb; and Chandrashekara M S.
The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.
Abstract: A connecting rod includes a connecting rod body having a piston end, an opposing crank end, and a shank extending between the piston and crank ends. The connecting rod body aligns along a longitudinal plane that extends between respective centers of the piston and crank ends. The shank has a cross-sectional area that is symmetric about the longitudinal plane. The shank includes a web having a web wall that includes a central portion. The web wall defines a pair of first cavities and a pair of second cavities wherein the central portion is positioned between the pair of first cavities and the pair of second cavities such that the first cavities are offset from the second cavities. The first cavities are larger than the second cavities. The first cavities are positioned closer to the piston end and the second cavities are positioned closer to the crank end.
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