US Patent Issued to Corning on June 3 for "Electrical heaters having serpentine designs and selected dead zones for exhaust aftertreatment systems and assemblies" (New York, Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,286, issued on June 3, was assigned to Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Electrical heaters having serpentine designs and selected dead zones for exhaust aftertreatment systems and assemblies" was invented by Thomas Adam Collins (Bradford, N.Y.), David Robert Heine (Seminole, Fla.), Avinash Tukaram Shinde (Irving, Texas) and Danhong Zhong (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical heater, an exhaust treatment assembly, and method of manufacture. The heater includes a resistive portion configured to generate heat when electrical current is passed therethrough. A plurality of slots extend into the resistive portion from an...