US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 3 for "Oxygen sensor heater control for hybrid vehicle" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,864, issued on March 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Oxygen sensor heater control for hybrid vehicle" was invented by Mark E Ives (LaSalle, Canada), Kevin L Mason (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Andreas Q Quainoo (Superior Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a hybrid electric vehicle having an electric drive module and an internal combustion engine with an exhaust system. The control system includes one or more oxygen (O2) sensors disposed proximate to a catalytic converter in the exhaust system, the one or more O2 sensors each being configured to measure an O2 level of exhaust gas ...