US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on May 20 for "Exhaust gas sample collector and mixer for aftertreatment system" (Iowa, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,556, issued on May 20, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Exhaust gas sample collector and mixer for aftertreatment system" was invented by Craig W. Lohmann (Cedar Falls, Iowa) and Austin G. Richardson (South Weber, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust gas sample collector includes a tubular body, a plurality of inlet openings circumferentially spaced about an outer periphery of the tubular body, the plurality of inlet openings configured to receive exhaust gas, an outlet in fluid communication with the plurality of inlet openings, and a sensor configured to measure a characteristic of the exhaust gas at the o...