ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,351, issued on May 5, was assigned to Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for mixing exhaust gas" was invented by Corey Verseman (Fitchburg, Wis.), Jacob D. Canik (Stoughton, Wis.), Jose De Jesus Alvarez Duenas (Fitchburg, Wis.), Dustin Youngs (Fitchburg, Wis.), Rodrigo Macano Rodrigues (Greenwood, Ind.), Jeffrey T. Sedlacek (Stoughton, Wis.) and Alex Kushner (McFarland, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixer for an exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes an outer circumferential edge that extends in a first plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the mixer, a hub including a flat portio...