ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,913, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Methods and systems for removing deposits in an aftertreatment system to minimize visible smoke emissions" was invented by Todd C. Bouws (Columbus, Ind.), Ankit Raghunath Lad (Columbus, Ind.), Joshua A. Lantz (North Vernon, Ind.), Boopathi Singalandapuram Mahadevan (Columbus, Ind.), Ian W. McGiffen (Scipio, Ind.) and Douglas A. Roxbury (Columbus, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for removing soot in an aftertreatment system are disclosed. A method includes: receiving data regarding an exhaust gas flow rate of exhaust gas; receiving data reg...