Vehicle system including a structure in which exhaust heat recovery apparatus is installed
US8448988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An exhaust heat recovery apparatus is installed below a floor supported by both side members of a vehicle to recover heat from exhaust gas passing through an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine. Assistance members, which extend in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, are provided between the both side members of the vehicle. The exhaust heat recovery apparatus is installed close to one of the assistance members.
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