ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,914, issued on July 14, was assigned to HORIBA LTD. (Japan).
"Exhaust gas sampling device, exhaust gas analysis system, exhaust gas sampling method, and program for exhaust gas sampling device" was invented by Takeshi Kimura (Kyoto, Japan), Kazunori Kuriaki (Kyoto, Japan), Masahiro Higuchi (Kyoto, Japan), Yoji Komatsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Jun Tomita (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust gas sampling device that collects an exhaust gas emitted from a vehicle including an engine or a part of the vehicle into a sampling bag includes a main channel through which the exhaust gas flows, a main valve that opens and shuts the...