US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on Sept. 23 for "Method for introducing heat into at least one component of an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device, software and open-loop or closed-loop control device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,882, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Method for introducing heat into at least one component of an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device, software and open-loop or closed-loop control device" was invented by Robert Szolak (Freiburg, Germany), Anand Bhurabhai Kakadiya (Freiburg, Germany) and Paul Beutel (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for introducing heat into at least one component of an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device of an internal combustion engine (15). The method involves at least partially reacting a partial flow of an ...