ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,791, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Purem GmbH (Neunkirchen, Germany).
"Exhaust-gas heater" was invented by Fatih Uysal (Plochingen, Germany) and Sandra Hockel (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust-gas heater for an exhaust-gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a carrier arrangement and a heating-conductor arrangement, which is carried on the carrier arrangement, and which has at least one heating conductor. The carrier arrangement includes an annular first carrier element, which surrounds an exhaust-gas-heater longitudinal axis, and a plurality of second carrier elements, which are ...