US Patent Issued to Tenneco Automotive Operating on Jan. 27 for "Vehicle exhaust system having an integral hood" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,027, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Tenneco Automotive Operating Co. LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Vehicle exhaust system having an integral hood" was invented by Stephen Thomas (Laingsburg, Mich.), Gabriel Ostromecki (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Asela Anuruddhika Benthara-Wadumesthrige (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Frederick M. Baumgartner (Jackson, Mich.), David Alan Stephens (Hastings, Mich.) and Marcel Womann (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle exhaust system having a first pipe, a second pipe, and an integral hood. The first pipe extending between a first end and a second end. The second pipe extending between a...