US Patent Issued to FCA US on Dec. 30 for "Catalyst protection during misfire" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,037, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Catalyst protection during misfire" was invented by Michael J Prucka (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Joshua M Burt (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder bank, an exhaust system having a catalyst, and an engine control system with a controller configured to perform an operation to protect the catalyst during a cylinder misfire event. The operation includes monitoring and counting a number of cylinder misfires on each cylinder bank, determining if the cylinder misfire count exc...