US Patent Issued to FCA US on Aug. 5 for "Exhaust vane braking transition and correction strategy" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,923, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Exhaust vane braking transition and correction strategy" was invented by Bindal Patel (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Joseph Falcon (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and William P Attard (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system and method for operating a gasoline engine comprising a turbocharger having a compressor and a turbine is provided. The system includes a throttle, vanes on the turbine, at least one cam, and a controller. The controller controls a transition into vane braking and is configured to: command the throttle to move to the closed positio...