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Exhaust gas purification device for internal combustion engine

US8221688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 2008
Grant dateJul 17, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas purification device includes an HC trapping converter comprising a carrier; an HC adsorbing layer, supported on the carrier and adapted to adsorb unburned fuel; and a ternary catalyst layer, supported on a surface of the HC adsorbing layer and adapted to oxidize and remove the unburned fuel. The HC adsorbing layer includes particulate HC adsorbents each of which has a follow space and which are stacked. The ternary catalyst layer covers the HC absorbing layer such that a thickness of the ternary catalyst layer increases from an upstream side to a downstream side of the converter in the direction of exhaust gas flow.

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