US Patent Issued to ROBERT BOSCH on Jan. 28 for "Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,527, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine" was invented by Benedikt Graf (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Christian Disch (Wimsheim, Germany), Conrad Bubeck (Esslingen, Germany) and Stefan Bauer (Gerlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for operating an internal combustion engine including a first air duct supplying air to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and a second air duct supplying air to a heater for heating an exhaust system. The first and the second air duct each have at least one control eleme...