ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,060, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DAF Trucks N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Heater control for an after treatment system" was invented by Ignace Theodorus Maria Van Den Heuvel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Tim Weidema (Hoef en Haag, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system is arranged to control the heater system; wherein the control system is programmed to heat the exhaust after treatment system based on a setpoint value. The control system comprises a controller having an error input and an output; that outputs a heating power setpoint value that is adjusted by a feedback signal, said adjusted setpoint valu...