US Patent Issued to FCA US on May 5 for "Hybrid vehicle rapid catalyst exhaust cooling" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,347, issued on May 5, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Hybrid vehicle rapid catalyst exhaust cooling" was invented by Benjamin Dean (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes an internal combustion engine and a motor/generator configured to drive the engine or be driven by the engine to generate electricity to charge a high voltage (HV) battery and/or drive an electric traction motor. The HEV includes an exhaust system, a HV system electrically coupling the HV battery and the electric traction motors, and a control system including a controller for monitoring an und...