ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,372, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Aftertreatment system for locomotive" was invented by Lance Clay Barke (Peoria, Ill.), Qiang Zhu (Wuxi, China), Douglas Tuenge Scott (Rapid City, S.D.) and Andrew M. Denis (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems and methods including an apparatus for aftertreatment of exhaust flow from a diesel engine of a locomotive are shown and described. The apparatus can include: a housing having an elongate length and a height that is relatively smaller than the elongate length; a mixing tube configured to receive the exhaust flow of the diesel eng...