ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,917, issued on April 29, was assigned to WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY (St. Louis).

"High power density insulated exhaust heating system" was invented by Mark D. Everly (St. Charles, Mo.), Jeremy Ohse (St. Louis), David P. Culbertson (Bristol, Wis.), Richard T. Williams (Genoa City, Wis.), George Jambor (Burlington, Wis.) and Jacob Wilson (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust gas heater system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a heating element. The housing includes an outer peripheral wall disposed about a central axis and defining an interior hollow space conf...