ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,970, issued on May 26, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Internal engine combustion system" was invented by Mohan Kumar Munirathna (Karnataka, India), Satheesha Krishna (Bangalore, India), Alokekumar Das (Bangalore, India) and Roy Mathew (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine (ICE) system, comprising an ICE; an exhaust conduit for transporting exhaust gases from the ICE to an exhaust outlet; an exhaust aftertreatment system (EATS) disposed in the exhaust conduit downstream the ICE; a flex bellow disposed in-between the ICE and the EATS; and a heater arrangement, the heater...