US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL, FCA US on May 26 for "Rapid exhaust catalyst heating using a glow plug" (Michigan, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,968, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Rapid exhaust catalyst heating using a glow plug" was invented by Xin Yu (Novi, Mich.), Anqi Zhang (Canton, Mich.), Andrew Baur (Whitmore Lake, Mich.), James Braun (White Lake, Mich.), David Cleary (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Kiran Premchand (Bellingham, Wash.), Luis Del Rio (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ryan Sturgeon (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Ronald A. Reese II (Goodrich, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing internal combustion engine emissions includes an engine, a catalytic converter fluidly c...