US Patent Issued to Cummins on April 21 for "Aftertreatment heater management for efficient thermal management" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,139, issued on April 21, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Aftertreatment heater management for efficient thermal management" was invented by Xing Jin (Columbus, Ind.), Janardhan Kodavasal (Indianapolis), Ved Merchant (Columbus, Ind.) and Sriram S. Popuri (Greenwood, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for decreasing harmful emissions is provided. The system includes an aftertreatment system configured to receive exhaust gas from an engine system; a heater coupled to the aftertreatment system and configured to provide heat; and a controller coupled to the heater. The controller is config...