US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Oct. 21 for "System and method to maintain hot aftertreatment at engine idle" (Michigan, Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,909, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"System and method to maintain hot aftertreatment at engine idle" was invented by James E. McCarthy Jr. (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Mihai Dorobantu (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Gary Neely (Boerne, Texas), Andrew Matheaus (San Antonio) and Viken Yeranosian (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, an aftertreatment system, an accessory device and a controller. The aftertreatment system reduces emissions in an ex...