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Internal combustion engine

US10876482B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 2016
Grant dateDec 29, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine having: at least one piston-cylinder unit, a turbocharger having an exhaust gas turbine, a catalytic converter connected between the at least one piston-cylinder unit and the exhaust gas turbine, and a control device, wherein the control device is designed to control a fluid-delivery device such that, when the internal combustion engine is in a state in which no combustion and/or ignition takes place in the at least one piston-cylinder unit, the fluid-delivery device delivers fuel-air mixture through the catalytic converter.

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