ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,562, issued on May 20, was assigned to DINEX A/S (Middelfart, Denmark).

"Compact evaporation and mixing device" was invented by Toni Eero Mikael Korhonen (Middelfart, Denmark), Jim Elkjaer Bebe (Middelfart, Denmark), Mahipat Balwant Ranawat (Middelfart, Denmark) and Rasmus Moller Martensson (Middelfart, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid evaporation and gas mixing device for an exhaust gas after-treatment system. The device is for mixing an exhaust gas stream from the exhaust gas after-treatment system with an evaporated liquid reductant, and the device includes a housing that defines a longitudinal axis and having an up...