ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,908, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Aftertreatment heat up strategies" was invented by James E. Mccarthy Jr. (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling temperature of an engine aftertreatment system includes directing an exhaust heating device in an engine aftertreatment system to apply heat to the engine aftertreatment system; opening at least one of one or more intake valves and one or more exhaust valves of an engine coupled to the engine aftertreatment system; and pulsing, by an engine starter of the engine, the engine to generate airflow from the engine th...