US5458855A
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Device for supplying extra air in exhaust gases from car engines upstream from a catalytic cleaner
Assignee: Saab Automobile AB
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Filing: 1992-07-03
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Granted: 1995-10-17
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Expires: 2012-07-03
Abstract
Abstract A device for injecting air into an exhaust system fitted with catalytic cleaner for a supercharged Otto engine, in whose intake manifold is incorporated an air compressor driven by the engine, which compressor causes the supercharging. An air bleeding duct is arranged for adjustable bleeding of air from the intake manifold and to supply this air as additional air to the catalytic cleaner. This air bleeding duct extends from a point in the intake manifold downstream from the compressor to a point in the exhaust system upstream from the catalytic cleaner. In an inlet section of the intake manifold, located upstream from the compressor, there is an electronically controlled device for idle control of the engine as the air is bled via the air bleeding duct. An extra throttle valve is incorporated in the intake manifold immediately downstream from the bleeding point for maintaining a minimum excess pressure immediately after the compressor in the case of a rich fuel/air mixture and/or before the engine is operating at lambda=1.
Inventors
- 👤 Per Gillbrand
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-29 23:39
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/18; F01N3/22; F01N3/222; F01N3/24; F01N3/30; F01N3/32; F02; F02B; F02B33/00; F02B33/32; F02B33/34; F02B33/36; F02B33/38; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A50/00; Y02A50/20; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
244 words
A device for injecting air into an exhaust system of a supercharged Otto engine, which device comprises: a mechanical compressor for providing compressed air to an Otto engine to supercharge the same, the engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust system including a catalytic converter, said compressor being disposed in the intake manifold; an air bleeding duct having an inlet connected to the intake manifold at an air bleeding point located downstream of the compressor and having an outlet connected to a supply point in the exhaust system located upstream of the catalytic converter, the air bleeding duct bleeding air from the intake manifold to the exhaust system; means for sensing the values of a plurality of engine parameters; and means arranged upstream of the compressor for controlling an idle speed of the engine by compensating for the air flow bled from the intake manifold to the catalytic converter, said controlling means including a first throttle valve arranged in the intake manifold upstream of the compressor, a shunt duct having first and second ends, the first end being connected to the intake manifold on one side of the first throttle valve and the second end being connected to the intake manifold on an opposite side of the first throttle valve, a control valve disposed in the shunt duct, a motor for controlling the control valve and a control unit for controlling the motor in accordance with the sensed values of the engine parameters.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
244 words
A device for injecting air into an exhaust system of a supercharged Otto engine, which device comprises: a mechanical compressor for providing compressed air to an Otto engine to supercharge the same, the engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust system including a catalytic converter, said compressor being disposed in the intake manifold; an air bleeding duct having an inlet connected to the intake manifold at an air bleeding point located downstream of the compressor and having an outlet connected to a supply point in the exhaust system located upstream of the catalytic converter, the air bleeding duct bleeding air from the intake manifold to the exhaust system; means for sensing the values of a plurality of engine parameters; and means arranged upstream of the compressor for controlling an idle speed of the engine by compensating for the air flow bled from the intake manifold to the catalytic converter, said controlling means including a first throttle valve arranged in the intake manifold upstream of the compressor, a shunt duct having first and second ends, the first end being connected to the intake manifold on one side of the first throttle valve and the second end being connected to the intake manifold on an opposite side of the first throttle valve, a control valve disposed in the shunt duct, a motor for controlling the control valve and a control unit for controlling the motor in accordance with the sensed values of the engine parameters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the sensed engine parameters include the temperature in the catalytic cleaner, the speed including the idle speed of the engine, the temperature of the engine, the temperature of exhaust gases in an exhaust manifold of the exhaust system and the air pressure in the intake manifold.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device according to claim 1 including means for maintaining an excess pressure in the intake manifold in the vicinity of the bleeding point.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device according to claim 3, wherein the means for maintaining the excess pressure includes an second throttle valve disposed downstream of the compressor and immediately downstream of the bleeding point.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device as in claim 4, wherein the means for maintaining the excess pressure is constructed and arranged to maintain a pressure of at least 0.6 bar.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device according to claim 4, including means disposed in the air bleeding duct for adjusting the air flow through the air bleeding duct.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A device according to claim 6, wherein the means for adjusting air flow through the air bleeding duct includes a controllable valve disposed in the air bleeding duct, a first servo motor for controlling the controllable valve, the first servo motor being controlled by the control unit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device according to claim 7, wherein the means for maintaining the excess pressure further includes a second servo motor controlled by the control unit for controlling the second throttle valve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
63 words
A device according to claim 8, wherein said sensing means includes a pressure sensor arranged in the intake manifold in the area between the compressor and the second throttle valve, the pressure sensor being connected to the control unit so that the second servo motor connected to the second throttle valve is controlled in accordance with the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor.
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