ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,740, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for ascertaining an operating state of a burner" was invented by William Krein (Neckarzimmern, Germany), Chao Zhang (Beilstein, Germany) and Christian Disch (Wimsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ascertaining an operating state an exhaust gas burner in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The burner is supplied with air by means of a secondary air system and with fuel by means of a fuel system. Exhaust gas generated in the burner is discharged into the exhaust system of the internal combustion engine. The me...