US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 1 for "Exhaust structure having rib" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,188, issued on July 1, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Exhaust structure having rib" was invented by Vikas Sheth (Edwards, Ill.) and Nataraj Srinivasan (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust structure for an exhaust manifold includes a body including a first inlet section configured to receive exhaust gas, a second inlet section configured to receive exhaust gas, and an outlet section disposed in fluid communication with each of the first inlet section and the second inlet section to receive exhaust gas, wherein exhaust gas from the first inlet section and the second inlet section exit the exhaust ...