US Patent Issued to Tenneco Automotive Operating on May 13 for "Exhaust system component with multi-layer support mat" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,761, issued on May 13, was assigned to Tenneco Automotive Operating Co. Inc. (Northville, Mich.).

"Exhaust system component with multi-layer support mat" was invented by Jason Roy Porter (Spring Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust system component comprises a housing including an inner surface having a first longitudinal axis, a core positioned within the housing and including an outer surface circumferentially extending about a second longitudinal axis offset from the first axis, and a mat positioned within the housing and compressed between the core and the housing. The mat is wrapped about an outer surface of th...