US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Aug. 19 for "Exhaust gas temperature control" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,297, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Exhaust gas temperature control" was invented by Justin Edward Ketterer (LaSalle, Canada), Andrew Michael Aerts (Royal Oak, Mich.), Robert S. McAlpine (Lake Orion, Mich.), Kenneth Briscoe (Commerce Township, Mich.), Kevin M. Luchansky (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Pratap Srinivasa Murthy (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle engine adapted to control exhaust gas temperature (EGT) at a catalyst inlet includes an EGT sensor in communication with a system controller and adapted to measure a temperature of exhaust gas at the catalyst...