US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 29 for "Exhaust vane braking strategy for gasoline engine with variable geometry turbine" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,688, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Exhaust vane braking strategy for gasoline engine with variable geometry turbine" was invented by Bindal Priteshkumar Patel (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Joseph Falcon (Auburn Hills, Mich.), William Attard (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Robbert De Bruijn (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a gasoline engine comprising a turbocharger having a compressor and a turbine includes a throttle, vanes on the turbine and a controller. The throttle moves between open and closed positions to permit air into an intake manifold of the engine. The ...