ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,658, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Catalytic converter" was invented by Fumiya Kurashita (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The catalytic converter has a first catalyst case containing a catalyst for cleaning a fluid, a second catalyst case containing a catalyst for cleaning the fluid downstream of the first catalyst case, a sensor for detecting the fluid is attached, and a connecting portion connected between the first catalyst case and the second catalyst case, the cross-sectional area of the first flow path of the fluid in the connecting portion is smaller than the cross-sectiona...