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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156927 | Combustion chamber structure for direct injection diesel engine A combustion chamber structure for a direct injection diesel engine is provided which can increase recirculated amount of exhaust gas while avoiding generation of black smoke and deterioration of fuel efficiency as much as possible. Disclosed is a combustion ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8104267 | Exhaust emission control device Provided is an exhaust emission control device with a sensor arranged at a position where no erroneous detection of data occurs. Provided are a casing which encases a catalyst carrier, a mixing pipe, a dispersion chamber which guides exhaust flowing in the mi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8079409 | EGR cooler An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler includes a plurality of tubes and a shell enclosing the tubes. During use, cooling water is supplied to and discharged from the shell, and exhaust gas is guided from a diesel engine into the tubes to be heat exchanged with t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8006486 | Method for regenerating particulate filter A method for forced regeneration of a catalytic regenerative particulate filter is disclosed. An oxidation catalyst is arranged in front of the particulate filter incorporated in the exhaust pipe. When the exhaust temperature measured between the oxidation catalyst ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7913486 | Exhaust emission control device An exhaust emission control device is disclosed. The device includes an NOx-occlusion reduction catalyst incorporated in an exhaust passage for reduction and purification of NOx, a fuel reforming catalyst structure and plasma fuel reforming uni... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909229 | Method for joining material A method for joining materials in which a second material is overlapped over a first material preliminarily formed with a joining hole so as to cover the joining hole. A joining tool arranged in alignment with the joining hole is pressed, while rotated, onto the sec... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7827942 | Lubrication structure for engine Disclosed is a lubrication structure for an engine comprising pistons 12 for slide motion in cylinders 11 of a V-type engine and lubricating means 13 and 14 for injection of oil to cool the pistons 12. The lubricating means... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7788902 | Method for detecting abnormality in exhaust emission control device Enabled is reliable detection of abnormality in a NOx emission control system. Disclosed is a method for detecting abnormality in an exhaust emission control device with a reducing agent (urea water 17) being added to selective reduction cat... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7765800 | Exhaust gas purification apparatus Excessive generation NO2 by oxidation catalyst arrangement upstream of a selective reduction catalyst is suppressed to prevent falling of NOx reduction rate. A selective reduction catalyst 4 capable of selectively reacting NO... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7594536 | EGR cooler An EGR cooler including tubes and a shell enclosing the tubes. Cooling water is supplied into and discharged from the shell. Exhaust gas is guided from a diesel engine into the tubes for thermal exchange of the exhaust gas with the cooling water. A bypass flow path ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7572637 | Method for controlling exhaust emission control device Urea water is added to a catalyst in an exhaust pipe for purification. A first-order lag response model corresponding to the exhaust temperature upstream of the catalyst estimates catalyst temperature for each of divided cells of the catalyst. Cell volumes for each ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7549286 | Exhaust emission control device Sensing accuracy of a temperature sensor is enhanced so as to accurately conduct regeneration control of a particulate filter. Disclosed is an exhaust emission control device wherein a pair of dispersion plates 10 and 11 with a number of communi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543443 | Method for determining NOreduction ratio in exhaust emission control device When urea water U is injected by an addition nozzle 7 upstream of NOx reduction catalyst 6 incorporated in an exhaust passage 5 of a diesel engine 1 so as to reduce and purify NOx in exhaust G, both a value measured ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7497889 | Exhaust emission control device Arranged within a cylindrical housing are capturing cells each including a cylindrical outer electrode capable of capturing particulates and an inner electrode inserted into the outer electrode and lined at its outer surface with a dielectric. A divergent exhaust un... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7470312 | Exhaust emission control device An arrangement is provided for an exhaust emission control device having a filter cartridge fitted through insertion into an inner shell of a muffler. The inner shell is formed to have an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of a cartridge shell to provide ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7452022 | Front portion structure for vehicle A bent front wall 2a of a roof panel 2 is not bent at least inwardly of a press-worked direction of the roof panel 2, so that a front end of the roof panel 2 is free from undercut formation. This eliminates the necessity to further... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7421839 | Exhaust emission control device Attained is a heat generative exhaust emission control device with less electric power consumption and with no harmful gas discharged to atmosphere. A porous filter body 7 for capturing particulates in exhaust gas 2 through passing of the exhaus... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7364606 | Exhaust emission control device Provided are a hollow inner electrode constituted by an electrically conductive filter capable of capturing particulates, a cylindrical outer electrode circumferentially surrounding the electrode, a housing incorporated in a flow passage of exhaust and accommodating... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350610 | Retaining structure for battery cover In a battery mount structure wherein a battery carrier 5 with a battery 3 housed interiorly is arranged below a passenger step 19 to a vehicle, a battery cover 8 is adapted to be movable toward and away from the vehicle in the widthwise d... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328679 | Valve guide structure A valve guide structure is provided which can suppress deterioration of a valve guide even if radial stress is applied on an upper portion of a stem of a valve. The valve guide structure is such that the stem 2 of the valve 1 is supported by an ... | 02/12/2008 |
