US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 2 for "Electronic turbine and engine exhaust gas recirculation for reduction of cold start emissions and noise vibration and harshness" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,817, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electronic turbine and engine exhaust gas recirculation for reduction of cold start emissions and noise vibration and harshness" was invented by Pavan Kumar Mukkara Srinivas (Troy, Mich.) and Ronald A Reese II (Goodrich, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine system that delivers torque to a driveline of a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (ICE), a manifold, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) circuit, an electric turbine (eTurbine) and a controller. The EGR circuit has an EGR valve that selectively moves between open and closed positions. ...