ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,010, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies Germany GmbH (Augsburg, Germany).
"Exhaust gas treatment device and vehicle" was invented by David Saurat (Augsburg, Germany), Christophe Basso (Augsburg, Germany), Bastien Decrouy (Augsburg, Germany) and Sebastien Petitjean (Augsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust gas treatment device for a motor vehicle has a housing, which defines an exhaust gas duct through which the exhaust gas flows, and an electric heating device which extends through the exhaust gas duct and through which exhaust gas flows. The electric heating device has a hea...