ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,946, issued on April 29, was assigned to Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH (Mannheim, Germany).
"Gas mixer" was invented by Enrico Drehobl (Reilingen, Germany), Thomas Wilstermann (Ladenburg, Germany) and Ute Goerdes (Mannheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a gas mixer for an internal combustion engine for mixing air with at least one admix gas, comprising a first duct segment having a first tube section and a first cone section, and a second duct segment having a second tube section and a second cone section. The first and second duct segments are stackable such that in a stacked state, a ma...