ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,406, issued on July 7, was assigned to Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Exhaust gas aftertreatment system" was invented by Ryan M. Johnson (Cottage Grove, Wis.), Matthew K. Volmerding (Columbus, Ind.), Jacob D. Canik (Stoughton, Wis.) and Pranjal Naik (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes a housing assembly, a first catalyst member, and a second catalyst member. The housing assembly includes an upstream housing, a decomposition housing, a distributing housing, and a catalyst member housing. The upstream housing is centered on an upstream housing axis. The deco...