ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,391, issued on April 29, was assigned to AWA TECHNOLOGY LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Diesel exhaust fluid on demand system, apparatus, and method" was invented by Austin J. Hausmann (Kansas City, Mo.), William L. Walls III (Overland Park, Kan.) and Adam M. Bronge (Ballwin, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for localized, on-demand diesel exhaust fluid ("DEF") production. The systems can comprise a loading station for securing a container comprising a pre-measured quantity of urea and releasing the urea from the container. The released urea and water can then be fed into a mixing tank ...