US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Oct. 6 for "Mixing tube for exhaust system and operating strategy for same" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,714, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Mixing tube for exhaust system and operating strategy for same" was invented by Lance Clay Barke (Peoria, Ill.), Qiang Zhu (Wuxi City, China), Douglas T. Scott (Rapid City, S.D.) and Collin P. Hecker (Morton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aftertreatment mixing tube includes a mixing tube body having an exhaust inlet located in a first tube end, an exhaust outlet located in a second tube end, and an inner tube surface circumferentially extending around a center axis and forming an exhaust passage. The mixing tube body further includes a diesel exhaust flu...