US6588204B2
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Device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 2001-05-27
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Granted: 2003-07-08
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Expires: 2021-05-27
Abstract
Abstract A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine using a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust system. The trapped particulates are oxidized on the particulate filter, and the particulate filter has a trapping wall for trapping the particulates. The trapping wall has a first trapping surface and a second trapping surface. The device reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of the particulate filter so that the first trapping surface and the second trapping surface are used alternately to trap the particulates.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinya Hirota
- 👤 Toshiaki Tanaka
- 👤 Kazuhiro Itoh
- 👤 Koichiro Nakatani
- 👤 Koichi Kimura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 09:15
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D46/00; B01D46/24; B01D46/0039; B01D46/0041; B01D46/42; B01D46/44; B01D46/448; B01D46/66; B01D46/70; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9404; B01D53/9409; B01D53/9431; F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/022; F01N3/0222; F01N3/023; F01N3/0233; F01N3/0235; F01N3/025; F01N3/0253; F01N3/031; F01N3/033; F01N3/035; F01N3/08; F01N3/0807; F01N3/0814; F01N3/0821; F02; F02B; F02B23/00; F02B23/02; F02B23/06; F02B23/0672; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; F02M26/22; F02M26/23; F02M26/33; B01D2279/00; B01D2279/30; F01N2390/00; F01N2410/00; F01N2570/00; F01N2570/16; F01N2610/00; F01N2610/03; F02B23/0618; F02B23/0621; F02B23/0645; F02B23/0669; F02F; F02F1/00; F02F1/24; F02F2001/244; F02F2001/247; F02M26/02; F02M26/04; F02M26/05; F02M26/09; F02M26/10; F02M26/28; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising: a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust system and reversing means for reversing the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter, wherein the trapped particulates are oxidized on said particulate filter, said particulate filter has a trapping wall for trapping the particulates, said trapping wall has a first trapping surface and a second trapping surface, and said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter so that said first trapping surface and said second trapping surface are used alternately to trap the particulates, wherein said trapping wall carries an active-oxygen releasing agent, and active-oxygen released from said active-oxygen releasing agent oxidizes the particulates.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
133 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising: a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust system and reversing means for reversing the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter, wherein the trapped particulates are oxidized on said particulate filter, said particulate filter has a trapping wall for trapping the particulates, said trapping wall has a first trapping surface and a second trapping surface, and said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter so that said first trapping surface and said second trapping surface are used alternately to trap the particulates, wherein said trapping wall carries an active-oxygen releasing agent, and active-oxygen released from said active-oxygen releasing agent oxidizes the particulates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said active-oxygen releasing agent takes in and holds oxygen when excessive oxygen is present in the surroundings and releases the held oxygen as active-oxygen when the oxygen concentration in the surroundings drops.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter every predetermined time or predetermined running distance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
72 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter when a difference between a pressure at the exhaust gas upstream side and a pressure at the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined difference pressure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter when an amount of particulates deposited on said particulate filter becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount of deposited particulates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is sometimes made to drop.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
77 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said particulate filter has an oxidation function and said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter when the temperature of the exhaust gas flow-out portion of said particulate filter is higher than the temperature of the exhaust gas flow-in portion of said particulate filter in the engine deceleration.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
73 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said particulate filter has an oxidation function, and said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter when the temperature of the exhaust gas flow-out portion of said particulate filter is higher than the temperature of the exhaust gas flow-in portion of said articulate filter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
74 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to claim 8 , wherein even if now is at the time for reversing the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter, the reversing is deferred till the temperature of the exhaust gas flow-out portion of said particulate filter becomes higher than the temperature of the exhaust gas flow-in portion of said particulate filter.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
183 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust system and reversing means for reversing the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter, wherein said particulate filter carries an active-oxygen releasing agent, active-oxygen released from said active-oxygen releasing agent oxidizes the trapped particulates on said particulate filter, said active-oxygen releasing agent holds NO x to combine the NO x with oxygen when excessive oxygen is present in the surroundings and releases to decompose the combined NO x and oxygen into NO x and active-oxygen when the oxygen concentration in the surroundings drops, said particulate filter has a trapping wall for trapping the particulates, said trapping wall has a first trapping surface and a second trapping surface, said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter so that said first trapping surface and said second trapping surface are used alternately to trap the particulates, and the oxygen concentration in said surroundings is sometimes made to drop.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
183 words
A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust system and reversing means for reversing the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter, wherein said particulate filter carries an active-oxygen releasing agent, active-oxygen released from said active-oxygen releasing agent oxidizes the trapped particulates on said particulate filter, said active-oxygen releasing agent holds NO x to combine the NO x with oxygen when excessive oxygen is present in the surroundings and releases to decompose the combined NO x and oxygen into NO x and active-oxygen when the oxygen concentration in the surroundings drops, said particulate filter has a trapping wall for trapping the particulates, said trapping wall has a first trapping surface and a second trapping surface, said reversing means reverses the exhaust gas upstream side and the exhaust gas downstream side of said particulate filter so that said first trapping surface and said second trapping surface are used alternately to trap the particulates, and the oxygen concentration in said surroundings is sometimes made to drop.
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