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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161738 | Systems and methods for estimating particulate load in a particulate filter A method for regenerating a particulate filter may comprise determining a temperature, a flow rate, and a total pressure drop of an exhaust gas flowing through a particulate filter, and determining a corrected soot layer permeability. The method may further comprise... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7992382 | Particulate trap system and method A particulate trap system for an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of contiguous porous walls, and a remotely actuated relief valve downstream of said trap for periodically creating a reverse pressure throughout the exhaust system upstream of the relie... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7481047 | Reflection catalytic converter To provide an exhaust system (100) for a combustion engine having a housing (10) in which at least one aperture for an exhaust gas inlet (11) and an additional aperture for an exhaust gas outlet (12) are provided, and having a catalytic e... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7430855 | Muffling apparatus having exhaust emission purifying function A muffling apparatus 1 of the present invention having an exhaust emission purifying function, including a turning portion 8 in an inside of an exhaust gas flow passage, and having an injection nozzle 12 disposed in an upstream side exhaust gas ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7399452 | Meander-type catalytic converter To provide an exhaust system (100) for an internal combustion engine having a housing (10) in which there are provided at least one exhaust inlet port (15b) and another exhaust discharge port (15a), and a catalyst element ( | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398645 | Reversing flow catalytic converter for internal combustion engines A compact reversing flow catalytic converter with protection from overheating includes a valve unit which directs exhaust gases through a container filled with catalytic material to permit a bypass of catalytic material when a temperature of the material exceeds a p... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7326265 | Method for cleaning the upstream surface of a particulate filter The invention concerns a method for cleaning the upstream surface (14) of a particulate filter (10) of a heat engine exhaust line, the filter (20) being arranged in a casing (12) having an outlet (22) for exhaust gases. The method ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7296403 | Dual walled particular filter for transporting filtered exhaust to a compressor of a diesel engine turbocharger An internal combustion engine exhaust gas recirculation system. A turbine section of a turbocharger is coupled to an exhaust manifold of the engine. A compressor section has an output coupled to an intake manifold of the engine. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296402 | Diesel particulate filter service method A diesel particulate filter of a motor vehicle is cleaned of ash, typically using equipment already available in a service shop. The filter apparatus is disconnected from the exhaust system of a motor vehicle. The filter apparatus is reversed and reconnected to the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7275366 | High thermal efficiency Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system An emissions control system utilizes otherwise wasted heat to efficiently reduce emissions in a main exhaust flow. Heat stored in exhaust from an auxiliary generator (i.e., auxiliary exhaust) may be used to convert urea to ammonia used by a Selective Catalytic Reduc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272924 | Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine A catalyst (22) suitable for reduction of the NOx in an exhaust gas by ammonia in the presence of excess oxygen is arranged in the exhaust passage (18, 21) of an internal combustion engine. An aqueous urea solution is fed through a flow cont... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273514 | Apparatus and method for filtering particulate and NOx emissions An apparatus and method for filtering particulate from an internal combustion engine by use of monolithic particulate trap systems having porous walls (2c, 24c). The porous walls (2c, 24c) filter the particulat... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269942 | Wall flow particulate trap system A wall-flow particulate trap system regenerated by reverse flow of filtered exhaust gas through porous walls of a plurality of tubular passages is disclosed. The system includes a particulate trap having an inlet and an outlet, the particulate trap adapted to receiv... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266971 | Air conditioner Disclosed is an air conditioner having an excellent air cleaning function, the air conditioner including a cabinet having a first air inlet and discharging conditioned air; and a filter unit provided at the cabinet and cleaning air drawn therein, and selectively per... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7219493 | Filter regeneration in engine exhaust gas purification device A regeneration control device which regenerates a filter (13) by increasing an exhaust gas temperature to burn exhaust gas particulates trapped in the filter, is disclosed. The filter (13) traps particulate matter in exhaust gas from an engine (1 | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219491 | Exhaust emission control apparatus of internal combustion engine and method thereof An exhaust emission control apparatus includes a NOX catalyst provided within an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where fuel combustion is continuously performed at a lean air/fuel ratio, and a reducing agent supply valve within the exhaus... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210287 | Accelerating catalytic conversion A method of reducing exhaust emission from a catalytic converter apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus including at least one catalytic converter, each of the at least one catalytic converter having a catalyst brick positioned within a predefined length of the vehic... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7171801 | Filter system A filter system includes a plurality of filter sections, each of the plurality of filter sections receiving a portion of flow. Each filter section includes a first filter, a second filter, an absorbing material disposed between the first and second filter, and at le... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163663 | Reactor for plasma assisted treatment of gaseous A plasma reactor (11) of the silent discharge or dielectric barrier type for treatment of a gaseous medium is provided with a layer of material (34) positioned to present a surface extending along at least part of the length of the gas flow path. Parti... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160355 | Method and system for regenerating diesel particle filters A method of regenerating at least one diesel particle filter, in which exhaust gas is introduced through a supply line into the at least one diesel particle filter and is discharged from it through a discharge line, while heating of the exhaust gas flowing through t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159390 | Exhaust gas cleaner for internal combustion engine with particulate filter having heat-absorbing area To prevent the deterioration of catalyst or the damage of a particulate filter caused by the rapid temperature rise of the particulate filter when the abrupt deceleration of an engine occurs, and avoid the deterioration of fuel consumption by depositing a large PM i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7093430 | Method and device for implementing a method for ascertaining the load condition of a component arranged in an exhaust-gas region of an internal combustion engine A method and a device for implementing a method for ascertaining the load condition with an exhaust-gas component of a component arranged in an exhaust-gas region of an internal combustion engine is provided in which an increase in the exhaust-mass flow of the inter... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086223 | Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine A catalyst (22) suitable for reduction of the NOx in an exhaust gas by ammonia in the presence of excess oxygen is arranged in the exhaust passage (18, 21) of an internal combustion engine. An aqueous urea solution is fed through a flow cont... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086222 | Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine A catalyst (22) suitable for reduction of the NOx in an exhaust gas by ammonia in the presence of excess oxygen is arranged in the exhaust passage (18, 21) of an internal combustion engine. An aqueous urea solution is fed through a flow cont... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080505 | Vehicular atmosphere cleansing method A vehicular atmosphere cleansing system utilizes a regenerative wheel having flow channels extending through the wheel coated with an adsorbant. An atmosphere stream passes through a first position dependent portion of the wheel where VOC's including HC's are adsorb... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067092 | Treatment of gaseous emissions A reactor chamber forms part of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. Within the chamber are electrodes between which there is disposed a bed of active material through which, in use, the exhaust gases pass. In the presence of an electrical discharge, ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062908 | Construction for exhaust emission control An object of the present invention is to provide a construction for exhaust emission control, which can prevent thermal deterioration in a catalyst and can heat exhaust gas to a catalyst activation temperature. In the present invention, an electrically heated cataly... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059113 | Exhaust gas purification device An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an engine having a combustion chamber includes a device that prevents overheating of a particulate filter. The apparatus includes an exhaust passage, a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust passage for removing particul... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040087 | Device for purifying exhaust gas for engine A device, for purifying exhaust gas of an engine, comprises a SOx storage arranged in the exhaust passage for temporarily storing SOx contained in an exhaust gas inflowing therein, and an auxiliary catalyst arranged in the exhaust passage downs... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021050 | Engine exhaust particulate after-treatment system An exhaust particulate trapping means 12 for trapping particulates in exhaust gases is provided in an exhaust path 3 of an engine. When the engine enters a deceleration condition during the removal by burning of exhaust particulates trapped by the exha... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6989045 | Apparatus and method for filtering particulate and reducing NOx emissions An apparatus and method for filtering particulate from an internal combustion engine by use of monolithic particulate trap systems having porous walls (2c, 24c). The porous walls (2c, 24c) filter the particulat... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6974537 | Diesel fuel purifier The diesel purifier produces a fuel of high purity that meets the full ignition requirements at the combustion chamber of the engine. The purifier comprises a purification chamber encapsulated by an external body of the unit wherein, the purification chamber has a b... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964256 | Combustion control apparatus for an engine To optimize an ignition timing of premixture for improving fuel efficiency regardless of significant change in an EGR ratio or a fluctuation in temperature of recirculated exhaust gas and temperature in a combustion chamber, there is provided a control apparatus for... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959540 | Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine A catalyst (22) suitable for reduction of the NOx in an exhaust gas by ammonia in the presence of excess oxygen is arranged in the exhaust passage (18, 21) of an internal combustion engine. An aqueous urea solution is fed through a flow cont... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959730 | Single valve fuel cell stack gas flow and containment A vane (31) at the juncture of orthogonal conduits (25–28) allows flow of air to and from the air inlet/outlet manifold (12) of a fuel cell stack (11) when it is disposed in a first position, and totally blocks the conduits (25, 26 | 11/01/2005 |
| 6910329 | System for controlling particulate filter temperature A system for controlling the temperature of a particulate filter coupled to an exhaust outlet of an internal combustion engine includes a controller responsive to volumetric flow and temperature of exhaust gas to determine a filter regeneration parameter. In a hybri... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6874315 | Exhaust gas purification device A particulate filter (22) for removing particulates included in an exhaust gas discharged from a combustion chamber (5) is arranged in an engine exhaust passage. The particulate filter has wall partitions (54) which the exhaust gas can pass thro... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874316 | Device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine A device for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, which includes separate devices for purifying the particulates in the exhaust gas and a device for purifying NOx in the exhaust gas located integrally or separately in the exhaust sy... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6823664 | Exhaust gas purification device An exhaust gas purification device having a NOx absorbent includes a by-pass passage for by-passing the NOx absorbent, an exhaust gas flow rate control portion for regulating both a flow rate of exhaust gas flowing to the NOx absorbent and the flow rate of the exhau... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823665 | Exhaust gas purification device An exhaust gas purification apparatus, for an engine having a combustion chamber, comprising an exhaust passage, a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust passage for removing particulate in exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chamber by oxidation, and a de... | 11/30/2004 |
