ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,764, issued on May 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Exhaust purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine" was invented by Hiroshi Oyagi (Kyoto, Japan), Hirokazu Ito (Shizuoka-ken, Japan) and Kazuhiko Seguchi (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust purifying apparatus includes an exhaust manifold, a cylindrical catalytic converter, and a cylindrical connection portion that connects the catalytic converter to the exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold is connected to a side surface of the connection portion. The connection portion is connected to the catalytic converter so as to hav...