US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 18 for "Internal combustion engine transient response" (Indiana, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,867, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Internal combustion engine transient response" was invented by Fady A. Megally (Zionsville, Ind.) and Chad Koci (Washington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed including auxiliary system for controlling an enthalpy of air to a turbine of a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The auxiliary system optionally including: a motive air device configured to receive at least some of the air and produce an airflow of the at least some of the air; an auxiliary heat source in selective fluid communica...