ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,657, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Gas sensor with protection tube for exhaust system" was invented by Boopathi Singalandapuram Mahadevan (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Steven L Talley (Detroit) and Yi Zheng (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust pipe configured to receive an exhaust gas flow from the engine at a predetermined first velocity, and an exhaust gas sensor assembly coupled to the exhaust pipe and in fluid communication with an interior of the exhaust pipe to sense a predetermined constituent contained w...