US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 18 for "Method for operating an exhaust system having an SCR catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine having an exhaust system, and a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,850, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for operating an exhaust system having an SCR catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine having an exhaust system, and a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine" was invented by Gert Barnstedt (Behamberg, Austria), Michael Maurer (Ottensheim, Austria) and Lukas Stoeger (St. Peter in der Au, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an exhaust system includes supplying exhaust gas to a first SCR catalytic converter. The method relates to a cold start, wherein a prior operating stat...