US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on Nov. 3 for "Secondary air valve for a secondary air system of an internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine and motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,658, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Secondary air valve for a secondary air system of an internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine and motor vehicle" was invented by Mathias Bauer (Oehringen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary air valve for a secondary air system of an internal combustion engine has a valve housing through which secondary air introduced into an exhaust gas system of the internal combustion engine can flow. The valve housing has an inlet opening via which the secondary air can be introduced into the valve housing and an outlet opening via whi...