US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 8 for "System and method for controlling a cold light off catalyst" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,639, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"System and method for controlling a cold light off catalyst" was invented by William P Attard (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Jeongyong Choi (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Michael Barkey (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a vehicle powertrain having a normally aspirated engine includes an advanced device, a main catalyst, a cold light off catalyst (CLOC), a CLOC valve and a controller. The advanced device is positioned in an exhaust of the normally aspirated engine. The main catalyst positioned in the exhaust downstream of the advanced ...