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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186152 | Apparatus and method for cooling turbomachine exhaust gas Disclosed is a turbomachine including at least one exhaust pathway along which exhaust is directed and released to ambient and at least one exhaust processor capable of removing regulated substances from the exhaust. One or more ambient air inlets are located at the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8141351 | Pre-catalyst for preventing face-plugging on an inlet face of an aftertreatment device and method of the same A pre-catalyst device configured to be disposed upstream of a main aftertreatment device of an engine exhaust system. An oxidizing material is disposed on an inlet face of the pre-catalyst device, where the oxidizing material is configured to oxidize engine exhaust ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136350 | Catalytic muffler having crossover passageway for secondary air A catalytic muffler that treats the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The catalytic muffler includes a catalyst chamber, a catalyst disposed in the catalyst chamber, an upstream chamber disposed upstream of the catalyst, an exhaust inlet configured to ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127537 | Exhaust system for a spark-ignited internal combustion engine An exhaust system for a spark-ignited internal combustion engine comprises a three-way catalyst composition including an oxygen storage component, which TWC composition is coated on a flow-through monolith substrate, which substrate comprising a plurality of channel... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122712 | Exhaust system with improved NOemission control An exhaust system includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit and a NOx absorber that may include a lean NOx trap (LNT). The NOx absorber absorbs NOx and releases the NOx absorbed in the NOx a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112989 | Electrically resistive coating for remediation (regeneration) of a diesel particulate filter and method A resistively heated diesel particulate filter (DPF). The resistively heated DPF includes a DPF having an inlet surface and at least one resistive coating on the inlet surface. The at least one resistive coating is configured to substantially maintain its resistance... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8096114 | Catalyst arrangement construction of motorcycle An engine has a crankcase, and a cylinder which extends from an upper portion of the crankcase toward a front side. In a space which is formed at an upper side of a horizontal plane which substantially horizontally extends from a bottom surface of the crankcase, a c... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091349 | Motorcycle A silencer for a motorcycle with relaxed layout restrictions has a drum portion connected to a head. A conduit extends through the drum portion in a direction of connection. The drum portion decreases in cross sectional area toward a downstream side. A catalyst hold... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8069659 | Multiple-shell silencer / rear shell port An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes an outer housing having a front shell and a rear shell, a prechamber in which exhaust gas from the combustion chamber enters, and an intermediate shell having a front and back as well as a catalytic conver... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7926264 | Vehicle exhaust system An exhaust system for a V-engine vehicle with enhanced exhaust gas purifying capacity and output performance is provided. In the exhaust system, a second bank offset from a first bank backward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is mounted in an engine comp... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7895832 | Performance exhaust system An exhaust system for a motorcycle engine including a header having an upstream end adjacent a combustion chamber of the engine and having a downstream end opposite the upstream end. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter positioned downstream of the comb... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7874149 | Exhaust apparatus for vehicle, and motorcycle having the same There is provided an exhaust apparatus for a vehicle. The exhaust apparatus includes a plurality of exhaust path forming members constituting an exhaust path from an exhaust port of an engine to an inlet of an exhaust muffler and connected to each other. End portion... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870724 | Lean NOtrap with PGM zoned axially The present invention provides a thermally stable catalyst for treating automobile exhaust by-products is provided. The catalyst of the invention comprises a first section that includes a precious metal present in a first concentration and a second section that incl... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7810319 | Catalytic device with fuel cell portion and catalytic conversion portion An apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system for conducting exhaust emitted by the engine, and a catalytic device associated with the exhaust system is disclosed, wherein the catalytic device comprises a catalytic conversion portion and a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7797931 | Catalyst composition for diesel particulate filter A catalyst composition is provided for use on a diesel particulate filter which facilitates the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust and which generates low NO2 emissions during regeneration of the filter. The catalyst composition includes a catal... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788912 | Exhaust system and associated exhaust treatment device This invention relates to an exhaust treatment device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, particularly in a motor vehicle. The device comprises a housing in which at least one exhaust treatment insert is arranged, and which is composed of at leas... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779624 | Joint for an engine exhaust system component The present disclosure relates to an access joint for an engine exhaust system. The access joint includes first and second exhaust conduits each having a conduit body and a flange unitary with the conduit body. The flanges have first surfaces that face toward one an... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7765799 | Two-stroke lean burn gas engine with a silencer/catalytic converter A low emissions 2-stroke natural gas fueled engine includes at least one cylinder with an exhaust port in communication with a silencer/catalytic converter unit. The unit has first and second volumes in communication with each other. The first volume dampens spuriou... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762063 | Housing for an exhaust gas purification component for forming a joined connection with an exhaust line section, exhaust system having the housing and motor vehicle having the exhaust system A housing for an exhaust gas purification component encloses an interior space in which at least one receptacle is formed by the housing at the outside. An exhaust system includes at least one first exhaust line section and the housing having the exhaust gas purific... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7726121 | Engine part An engine part has a construction which prevents the surface discoloration/deterioration associated with a high-temperature exhaust gas, irrespective of the type of Cr used in the formation of a chromium plating layer (hexavalent chromium or trivalent chromium). The... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7690194 | Two-stroke lean burn gas engine with a silencer/catalytic converter A low emissions 2-stroke natural gas fueled engine includes at least one cylinder with an exhaust port in communication with a silencer/catalytic converter unit. The unit has first and second volumes in communication with each other. The first volume dampens spuriou... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7640732 | Method and apparatus for filtration of a two-stroke engine exhaust A highly porous ceramic filter consisting essentially of bonded ceramic fibers forms a part of an exhaust filtration system for a gasoline two-stroke engine. The porosity of the substrate permits accumulation of particulate constituents of the exhaust stream without... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7624572 | Exhaust treatment device monitoring system An exhaust system is provided having an exhaust path configured to direct an exhaust stream away from an engine. The system may also include an exhaust treatment device in the exhaust path and configured to act on one or more substances in the exhaust stream. Furthe... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7617675 | Catalyst chamber In order to make available an exhaust gas system for a combustion engine with an external housing, which contains at least one rear shell and one front shell, and with a catalyst chamber, in which at least one catalyst element is arranged, and with an exhaust gas du... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614221 | Exhaust purification device and an exhaust purification method of an internal combustion engine An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes a catalytic device within an exhaust path of the engine, wherein the catalytic device includes a housing with a catalyst carrier. A length of the catalyst carrier along a longitudinal axis, measured along ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7600375 | Catalytic device with fuel cell portion and catalytic conversion portion An apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system for conducting exhaust emitted by the engine, and a catalytic device associated with the exhaust system is disclosed, wherein the catalytic device comprises a catalytic conversion portion and a... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7596943 | Method for removing soot of combustion exhaust gas Disclosed is a method of processing a composition comprising soot. The method includes supplying a first composition comprising soot particles to a first chamber. The first chamber is separated from a second chamber with a filter wall located therebetween. The soot ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594394 | Catalytic reactor and method for the combustion of fuel-air mixtures by means of a catalytic reactor In a catalytic reactor for the burning of at least part of fuel-air mixtures flowing through the catalytic reactor, the catalytic reactor has a plurality of passages. The catalytic reactor is charged with lean fuel-air mixtures and rich fuel-air mixture. The catalyt... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7506504 | DOC and particulate control system for diesel engines The present invention is directed to an emission treatment system for the treatment and/or conversion of engine emissions and particulate matter from diesel engines. The emission treatment system of the present invention comprises an upstream oxidation catalyst, a p... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7490465 | Exhaust system for a drive unit formed by a transmission and an engine An exhaust system for a drive unit formed by the transmission and the engine, having exhaust-gas-carrying pipes and at least one muffler and catalyst housing. A holding part can be fastened to the transmission and/or the engine and on whose supporting leg the exhaus... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7464543 | Two-stroke lean burn gas engine with a silencer/catalytic converter A low emissions 2-stroke natural gas fueled engine includes at least one cylinder with an exhaust port in communication with a silencer/catalytic converter unit. The unit has first and second volumes in communication with each other. The first volume dampens spuriou... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7461505 | Exhaust pipe of vehicle An exhaust pipe 1 having a circular cross section is connected to a circular cylindrical housing 2 which creates part of pipe conduit. The housing 2 forms a storage space 21 having a diameter larger than the diameter of the exhaust pipe | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444805 | Substantially fibrous refractory device for cleaning a fluid The present invention relates to an exhaust system conduit, including a generally cylindrical outer portion and a generally cylindrical inner portion disposed within the generally cylindrical outer portion and defining a generally cylindrical fluid-flow path. The ge... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442354 | Treatment of engine exhaust using molecular sieve SSZ-56 The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-56 prepared using a N,N-diethyl-2-methyldecahydroquinolinium cation as a structure-directing agent and its use in minimizing cold start emissions from engines. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441334 | Exhaust system with spin-capture retention of aftertreatment element A spin-capture retention system engages and retains a thermally expanding mat, stabilizer and exhaust aftertreatment element in an exhaust system, and provides secure axial and radial location, and provides protective sealing of the mat. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442346 | Device for the purification of exhaust gas As a device for the purification of exhaust gas, a three-way catalyst A purifying hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide in the vicinity of theoretical air-fuel ratio is disposed at an upstream side of the exhaust gas and an adsorption catalyst B provided w... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438739 | Catalyzed soot filter An improved catalyzed soot filter is comprised of a porous ceramic having, on at least a portion of the porous ceramic, an amorphous catalytic phase comprised of an alkali containing oxide glass having therein Si, Al or combination thereof. The improved catalyzed so... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431749 | Catalytic filter for removing soot particulates from diesel engine exhaust and method of preparing the same Disclosed is a catalytic filter for removing soot particulates from diesel engine exhaust, which is comprised of monolithic oxidation catalyst upstream of the catalytic filter, which effectively oxidize gaseous pollutants and volatile organic fractions, and a cataly... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428809 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine and a device for carrying out the method A method for operating an internal combustion engine; in the exhaust area of this engine there is at least one catalytic converter and downstream from the catalytic converter there is an NOx sensor. A device for carrying out this method is also provided. The NOx sen... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7413720 | Catalyst and method for reduction of nitrogen oxides A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst was prepared by slurry coating ZSM-5 zeolite onto a cordierite monolith, then subliming an iron salt onto the zeolite, calcining the monolith, and then dipping the monolith either into an aqueous solution of manganese n... | 08/19/2008 |
