Cummins was granted a patent for electric exhaust-heater control.

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  "company": {
    "name": "Cummins",
    "domain": "cummins.com"
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    "detail": "In October 2026 Cummins patented emissions-management technology for engine aftertreatment systems used in commercial vehicles and power equipment.",
    "summary": "Cummins was granted a patent for electric exhaust-heater control.",
    "event_at": "2026-10-27",
    "inventors": [
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        "name": "Dheeraj Bharadwaj Gosala",
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    "grant_date": "2026-10-27",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12774669",
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      "code": "F01N 3/2013"
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    "patent_title": "Integration of electric heater into aftertreatment catalyst thermal management",
    "patent_number": "US12774669",
    "uspto_assignee": "Cummins Inc.",
    "patent_abstract": "A method for increasing a temperature of an exhaust gas to a target temperature is provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, a warm up time for the temperature of the exhaust gas to reach the target temperature; receiving, by the controller, a target emissions based at least on a target energy and an emissions value produced over an elapsed time interval relative to the warm up time; receiving, by the controller, an allowable heater power based at least on the target emissions; and operating, by the controller, a heater downstream from an engine of a vehicle with a heater power command at or below the allowable heater power to heat the exhaust gas to the target temperature.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A controller adjusts an electric heater’s power so exhaust reaches its target temperature while balancing warm-up time, energy use, and emissions.",
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      "electric exhaust heaters",
      "emissions control",
      "engine aftertreatment"
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