ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,324, issued on April 8, was assigned to Tenneco GmbH (Edenkoben, Germany).
"Exhaust gas treatment unit" was invented by Nils Lendle (Edenkoben, Germany) and Ralf Mueller (Edenkoben, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas treatment unit comprising a housing wall comprising at least one first exhaust gas passage opening and at least one heating element for heating an exhaust gas flow, the heating element being placed upstream or downstream of the exhaust gas passage opening, wherein a hood is provided which serves to be placed in front of the exhaust gas passage opening, the heating element bein...