Divider, Collector, Valve Means, Or Boundary Layer Device Controlling Exhaust Gas Flow Patents (Class 60/324)
  • Publication number: 20100307145
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing exhaust gas pressure and preventing backflow of exhaust gas is disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a mounting pipe (100), which is fitted over the end of an exhaust gas pipe of an internal combustion engine and has therein backflow gas guide holes (102) at positions adjacent to the exhaust gas pipe, and a secondary exhaust gas pipe (110), which surrounds the mounting pipe. In the apparatus, a backflow passage (120) is defined between the mounting pipe and the secondary exhaust gas pipe, so that a backflowing portion of exhaust gas, which is discharged from the mounting pipe, is drawn into the backflow passage and is guided into the mounting pipe through the backflow gas guide holes, and the guided backflow gas is discharged outside again. Therefore, the present invention prevents backflow gas from being drawn into the exhaust gas pipe, thus enhancing the performance of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Choon Nam Son, Hyun Soon Park
  • Publication number: 20100307143
    Abstract: An internal combustion (IC) power plant includes an IC engine and exhaust system in combination. The IC engine of the power plant produces considerably greater torque and horse power, reduced emissions, improved volumetric efficiency, compared to an identical IC engine not combined with the inventive exhaust system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Anthony Colette
  • Patent number: 7845161
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a main catalyst disposed in a main passage and a bypass catalyst disposed in a bypass passage bypassing the main passage on an upstream side of the main catalyst. The bypass passage has a smaller transverse cross-sectional area than the main passage. The internal combustion engine further includes a passage open/close unit, a residual gas amount changing unit, and a controller. The passage open/close unit is disposed in a portion of the main passage bypassed by the bypass passage to switch between an open state and a closed state. The residual gas amount changing unit is configured to change an amount of residual gas inside a combustion chamber. The controller is configured to control the residual gas amount changing unit when a passage opening condition for switching the passage open/close unit from the closed state to the open state is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamana, Sunki I, Kenichi Sato, Kimiyoshi Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 7845338
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler assembly (10) with an internally located bypass tube (50), spaced apart from and disposed within a core passage (60), with an exhaust gas inlet manifold (40) directing exhaust gas to a plurality of cooling passages (52, 54, 56, 58) or to the bypass tube (50) by means of control valves (42, 44). Further provided is a detachable valve cartridge (84) with an actuator (16), with all moving components being included within the valve cartridge (84) and actuator (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Will J. Smith, Jon A. Sayers
  • Publication number: 20100300072
    Abstract: A single-piece and rigid coupling of a turbocharger with an oxidation mechanism of an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine, including a burnt gas inlet duct that extends along an inlet axis and a burnt gas outlet duct that extends along an outlet axis substantially orthogonal to the inlet axis. The inlet and outlet axes are located in two substantially parallel separate planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Franck Alizon, Julien-Ange Maestroni
  • Publication number: 20100300392
    Abstract: A system for improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first non-rotating device (10) positioned within an air intake manifold upstream from a throttle chamber of the engine; and a second non-rotating device (20) positioned within an exhaust manifold of the vehicle; wherein the first and second devices (10, 20) include: a tubular housing (11, 21) having an entrance end portion (15) and an exit end portion (16), the housing (11, 21) being of a size to direct the flow of air through the air intake manifold or the exhaust manifold from the entrance end portion (15) to the exit end portion (16); a plurality of longitudinal fins (12, 22) arranged within the housing (11, 21) extending from the entrance end portion towards the exit end portion (15, 16), the fins (12, 22) having a curved profile to generate a spiral airflow such that a differential air pressure is created to accelerate the rate of airflow through the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Chiu Hon Cheung, Michael Kwok Lau Cheung
  • Publication number: 20100293923
    Abstract: If it is determined that a precondition (S108, S110, S112) for closing an exhaust throttle valve is not satisfied (“NO”) during removal of PM, auxiliaries that are an air-conditioner, a radio, and an electric fan are turned off. If the precondition is actually satisfied (“YES”) by increasing the likelihood that the precondition is satisfied, it is possible to reduce the opening amount of the exhaust throttle valve (S114). Therefore, the bed temperature of a particulate filter (DPF) is controlled stably, and a sufficient bed temperature is maintained. As a result, the DPF is recovered promptly. In this way, excessive increases in the exhaust gas temperature and the exhaust gas back pressure are not caused, and it is therefore possible to protect an internal combustion engine and to control the opening amount of the exhaust throttle valve appropriately. As a result, it is possible to remove particulate matter stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuhisa Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20100293931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a static mixer for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine-driven vehicle, with a plurality of flow guide elements which influence the flow of an exhaust gas stream and which are inclined at a given angle relative to the mixer plane and are held in the exhaust gas channel by means of at least one retaining strip. According to the invention the at least one retaining strip (2, 3) is made resilient at least in partial regions and/or is elastically supported in the plane of the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Axel Peters, Marko Buder, Stefan Gerdon, Stefan Kohrs, Manfred Doll
  • Publication number: 20100293932
    Abstract: An exhaust brake has a body with a passageway for exhaust gases therein. A valve member is movably located within the passageway for selective movement between an open position where the valve member opens the passageway and exhaust gases are free to move through the passageway and a closed position where the valve member blocks the passageway and the passage of exhaust gases through the passageway. The valve member has an aperture therethrough to permit a limited flow of exhaust gases through the aperture when the aperture is open. An exhaust valve actuator mechanism is coupled to the valve member for moving the valve member between the open position and the closed position. A closure member is positioned adjacent to the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Andre F. LHOTE, Vincent A. Meneely, Gabriel Gavril, Tamara Spence, John P. Hartley
  • Patent number: 7832205
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an engine having at least one combustion chamber and multiple exhaust valves arranged on a first plane is provided with a housing formed to provide a longitudinally extending main exhaust gas passage on a second plane terminating in an outlet at one end. A plurality of discrete, laterally spaced, inlet branch passages include a floor and a ceiling which are initially level with the exhaust valve for a distance equal to one-half the width of the inlet branch passage prior to sloping downward toward the main exhaust gas passage. One of the inlet branch passages is positioned at an end of the housing opposite the exhaust gas passage outlet. The remaining inlet branch passages include integrally formed deflector members arranged to provide an angular change of flow direction requiring exhaust gas to enter the main exhaust gas passage in the downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle
  • Publication number: 20100269495
    Abstract: A housing (2) for an exhaust gas-treating device (1) of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a jacket (6) closed in the circumferential direction for mounting at least one exhaust gas-treating element (5. The jacket passes over at at least one axial end into a ring body (8, 9). The ring body (8, 9) is closed in the circumferential direction. The housing (2) can be connected to another component of the exhaust system. A simplified manufacture is achieved if the jacket (6) and the at least one ring body (8, 9) are manufactured from a single sheet steel billet (10) by rolling the sheet steel billet (10) in the circumferential direction and by connecting abutting edges (11) of the sheet steel billet (10). The jacket (6) and the at least one ring body (8, 9) differ from one another by different materials and/or different wall thicknesses (12, 13, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Bernd MÜLLER, Achim Blum, Oliver Poth
  • Patent number: 7818964
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle having an engine mounted on a front half of a body frame of the motorcycle includes a plurality of first exhaust pipes extending from exhaust ports of the engine, a collecting section at which the first exhaust pipes are collected, a second exhaust pipe including a substantially straight portion connected to a downstream side of the collecting section and disposed under a crankcase of the engine, an expansion chamber connected to a downstream side of the second exhaust pipe and located under a rear wheel suspension arranged behind the engine, an exhaust outlet disposed on a most downstream portion of the expansion chamber, and an exhaust throttle valve and an exhaust gas sensor disposed on the straight portion of the second exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Muramatsu, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Tomoaki Onagi
  • Publication number: 20100263353
    Abstract: An end cap for an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The end cap has a cylindrical housing with an axial direction, a radial direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction, a first open end, and a second closed end opposing the first open end in the axial direction. The end cap also has an integral port member extending from an annular surface of the cylindrical housing. The integral port member has a central axis aligned in the radial direction, and an exterior surface of the integral port member tangentially connects to an exterior surface of the cylindrical housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Philip Stephen Bruza, Darrel Henry Meffert, Michael James Pollard, Timothy John Boland, John Roger Weber, Ronak Dhanendrakumar Shah, Robert Lee Meyer, Jonas Arûnas Aleksonis
  • Publication number: 20100263354
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system has a side inlet flow diffuser and provides even flow exhaust distribution to an aftertreatment element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Sedlacek, Jay V. Warner
  • Publication number: 20100263359
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is apparatuses for the aftertreatment of the exhaust gases of diesel engines. The apparatus comprises a pipe (2), through which the exhaust gases flow, a nozzle for injecting an additive into the pipe (2), and a mixing section (3) which is arranged behind the nozzle. A mixing pipe (20) is inserted into the pipe (2) adjacently to the nozzle. Said mixing pipe (20) is provided with large-area perforations (22) on the circumference, is seated in the pipe (2) with a radial spacing, has a closure cover (25) at its end with a receptacle (26) for the nozzle and, at its other end, has a funnel-shaped widened portion (23) which bears against the pipe (2) at least in regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: HEINRICH GILLET GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Haverkamp, Andreas Lang, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 7814745
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine for a vehicle is provided. The system comprises an exhaust passage with an angled injector and a plurality of mixing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Sandro Balestrino, Daniel Michael Kabat, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Bret Alan Zimmerman, Jeremy Keller, Scott Donald Cooper, Kris Kantebet
  • Patent number: 7814748
    Abstract: An exhaust bypass valve assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust bypass valve having valve structure coupled to a rotatable shaft such that rotation of the shaft moves the valve structure between opened and closed positions. An actuator is disposed remotely from the bypass valve for selectively causing rotation of the shaft associated with the valve structure in opposing directions. Linkage structure is connected between the actuator and the shaft to transfer motion of actuator to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Peter Nydam, David Thibault
  • Patent number: 7805932
    Abstract: A flow assembly has a hollow housing including a lumen extending from a proximal aperture to a distal aperture. The flow assembly can have a first set of blades including at least one first blade disposed within the lumen, wherein the at least one first blade extends from the housing and can be positioned between the proximal aperture and the distal aperture. The flow assembly also has a second set of blades including at least one second blade disposed within the lumen, wherein the at least one second blade extends from the housing and can be positioned between the at least one first blade and the distal aperture. Also, the flow assembly can have a central passageway substantially free of blades extending from the proximal aperture to the distal aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventor: James Oxborrow
  • Patent number: 7805933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a throttle arrangement for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve for throttling a stream of exhaust gas flowing through a pipe and having a restoring spring which prestresses the throttle valve into a closed position. The throttle valve is pivotable about a pivot axis in the pipe between the closed position [and the open position] and the restoring spring is supported on the valve end on a lever fixedly connected to the throttle valve and is supported at the pipe end on a bearing for accommodating a shaft extending coaxially with the pivot axis. The restoring spring is adapted to support the spring forces on the pipe end in an essentially symmetrical manner with respect to a plane of symmetry that extends perpendicular to the pivot axis and is in the area of the support on the valve end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Hanitzsch, Bjoern Damson
  • Publication number: 20100242460
    Abstract: An exhaust diluting and diffusing apparatus includes a first pipe forming a vertically directed outlet for an exhaust conduit and a second diffuser pipe mounted to receive an exhaust gas flow from the outlet of the first pipe, the second pipe having a diameter greater than the diameter of the first pipe to define an ambient air inlet gap surrounding the outlet of the first pipe, and being sufficiently wide to allow the exhaust gas to expand and diffuse in the second pipe. The device further includes a dispersing outlet mounted at an end of the second pipe and configured to direct exhaust gas radially outward, an area defined by the diffuser outlet being greater than an area of the outlet of the first pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: MACK TRUCKS, INC.
    Inventors: John Sponsky, Edward M Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20100242463
    Abstract: A particulate matter concentration measuring apparatus configured to measure a concentration of a particulate matter in an exhaust gas that flows through a diesel engine exhaust line includes an exhaust gas collecting line, a particulate matter detection filter, and a differential pressure detecting unit. The exhaust gas collecting line branches from the diesel engine exhaust line and includes a flow path cross-sectional area smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the diesel engine exhaust line. The particulate matter detection filter is disposed in the exhaust gas collecting line. The differential pressure detecting unit is configured to detect a differential pressure between an inlet and an outlet of the particulate matter detection filter and disposed apart from a downstream end of the particulate matter detection filter in a direction of a flow of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: IBIDEN CO., LTD., Athanasios G. KONSTANDOPOULOS
    Inventors: Athanasios G. KONSTANDOPOULOS, Fumishige Miyata, Takafumi Kasuga
  • Publication number: 20100242457
    Abstract: A particulate matter concentration measuring apparatus is configured to measure a concentration of particulate matter in exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust line of a diesel engine. The apparatus includes an exhaust gas extraction line diverging from the exhaust line and having a flow passage cross-sectional area smaller than a flow passage cross-sectional area of the exhaust line. A particulate matter detection filter has a cell wall and is provided in the exhaust gas extraction line. A flow velocity of the exhaust gas passing through the cell wall is more than or equal to approximately 0.02 m/s and less than or equal to approximately 2.0 m/s. A differential pressure sensing part is configured to sense a differential pressure generated between an inlet and an outlet of the particulate matter detection filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: IBIDEN CO., LTD., Athanasios G. KONSTANDOPOULOS
    Inventors: Athanasios G. KONSTANDOPOULOS, Fumishige Miyata, Takafumi Kasuga, Yasuhiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100242462
    Abstract: A fairing is configured for use with the exhaust stack of a heavy-duty vehicle. The exhaust stack has an exhaust pipe with an intake end for receiving exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine and a discharge end for discharging the exhaust gases. The fairing includes a streamlined exterior surface and a cavity for receiving the discharge end of the exhaust pipe. An aperture extends through a rear portion of the exterior surface so that exhaust gases discharged from the discharge end of the exhaust pipe pass through the cavity and out of the aperture. The fairing further includes a coupler to couple the fairing to the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: PACCAR INC
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Smith
  • Publication number: 20100242451
    Abstract: An exhaust gas-treating device (1) for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle, is provided with a housing (2), which has a jacket (3) extending circumferentially on the side and at least one bottom (4). The homogenization of the exhaust gas flow is improved with a mixing housing (14), which is arranged in the interior space (23) of the housing (2) and which has a mixing chamber (15). An inlet (16) of the mixing housing passes through the bottom (4) and communicates with the mixing chamber (15). An outlet (17) of the mixing housing passes through the bottom (4) and communicates with the mixing chamber (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Marcus WERNI, Rainer LEHNEN
  • Publication number: 20100242450
    Abstract: An exhaust gas-treating device (1) for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle, has a housing (2), which has a jacket (3) extending circumferentially on the side and two end-side end bottoms (4, 5). Maintenance is simplified with at least one mounting tube (6), which passes through one or the first end bottom (4) and into the outlet end (8) of which a particle filter (7) is plugged axially from the outside, with a deflecting housing (9). The deflecting housing (9) contains a deflecting chamber (10), and has at least one inlet (11) communicating with the deflecting chamber (10) and at least one outlet (12) communicating with the deflecting chamber (10). A fastening device (13) is provided for detachably fastening the respective inlet (11) at the respective outlet end (8) of the mounting tube (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Marcus WERNI, Rainer Lehnen
  • Patent number: 7802424
    Abstract: An exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kanzawa, Kazumasa Wakahara, Naoki Tamai, Yota Katsukawa, Akira Soeda, Hidehiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100236223
    Abstract: Exhaust gas apparatus for the cleaning of exhaust gas where the exhaust gas apparatus comprises an exhaust conduit section which is formed with at least two separate flow paths. Each flow path is provided with a particle filter for the removal of particulate matter from the exhaust gas, an NOx trap for the removal of NOx from the exhaust gas. The exhaust gas apparatus further comprises at least one cold flame vaporizer in which fuel is partially oxidized in preheated air to form a cold flame gas where the cold flame vaporizer is arranged in fluid communication with each of the flow paths in the exhaust conduit section such that the cold flame gas can flow through the particle filter and the NOx trap, and valve means for controlling the flow of cold flame gas from the cold flame vaporizer to each flow path in the exhaust conduit section. Thereby, both the particle filter and the NOx trap in at least one of the flow paths can be regenerated in a single operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY AS
    Inventors: Dag Ovrebo, Klaus Lucka, Heidi Pohland vom Schloss
  • Publication number: 20100229841
    Abstract: A nitrogen-enriched gas supplying device includes a bypass passage and a gas separating membrane, so as to supply nitrogen-enriched gas to an internal combustion engine. The bypass passage introduces a part of exhaust gas from an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine into an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The gas separating membrane is arranged in the bypass passage. The gas separating membrane is configured to separate carbon dioxide from exhaust gas introduced into the bypass passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakayama, Hitoshi Tanaka, Katsuhiko Nakabayashi, Yusaku Suzuki, Osamu Sato
  • Publication number: 20100229543
    Abstract: A device for influencing an exhaust gas flow, in particular for controlling sound emission in an exhaust branch of an engine, has a closure member that is driven by a motor in the exhaust pipe. The closure member produces pressure pulsations in the exhaust gas, so that a so-called “sound design” is possible. A force-transmitting, thermal decoupling member is integrated into a force transmission member located between the drive motor and the closure member to interrupt the heat transfer between the closure member and the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Helmut Venghaus, Uwe Gnauert, Daniel Kohlrautz, Michael Wolfgang Wenzel, Hubertus Siebald
  • Patent number: 7793494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a static mixer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The mixer has a wall structure that is arranged across the directional of flow in a pipe and has several layers of a corrugated sheeting material laying across one another in the direction of flow. The cells through which the flow can pass in the direction of flow are provided between the sheeting material of neighboring layers. The sheeting material has baffles for all or several of the cells. The baffles are arranged on the sheeting material so that they are arranged on their outgoing flow side in the case of said cells and extend in the direction of flow and across it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Georg Wirth, Felix Neumann
  • Patent number: 7793495
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a motor vehicle engine includes mixing vent flaps in the exhaust pipe which open responsive to exhaust temperature. The vent flap forms a portion of the exhaust pipe when closed and is pivotally attached along one edge to the exhaust pipe to open inwardly into the exhaust pipe to constrict and accelerate flow in the pipe to allow outside air to be drawn into the exhaust pipe. A magnetic catch latches the vent flap in its closed position and a magnetic release responsive to increased temperature of the exhaust stream releases the vent flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Bradley, Anthony J. Cook
  • Patent number: 7793490
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system for diesel vehicles has a first exhaust line and a second exhaust line that can be connected at the exhaust end to an engine. The first and second lines with their ends pointing downstream are connected to an SCR catalytic converter and a device with which a reducing agent can be introduced into the exhaust gas at a location situated upstream from the SCR catalytic converter. An injection unit for the reducing agent is provided only on the first exhaust line, and a mixing device is provided upstream from the SCR catalytic converter so that the exhaust lines open into the mixing device, where the exhaust gas stream of the first exhaust line to which the reducing agent has been added becomes mixed with the exhaust gas stream from the second exhaust line that is free of reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Faurecia Abgastechnik GmbH, Audi AG
    Inventors: Bernd Amon, Herbert Albert, Peter Reif, Yohann Perrot, M. Stéphane Londos, Werner Peter
  • Publication number: 20100223921
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating an engine having a hydrocarbon retaining system and an emission control device coupled to an engine exhaust, the engine exhaust comprising a venturi. One example method comprises, during a storing condition, routing exhaust gas through the venturi without generating a venturi action, and then to the hydrocarbon retaining system, while bypassing the emission control device, to store hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon retaining system, and during a purging condition, routing exhaust gas through the venturi while generating venturi action, then to the emission control device, and then to the hydrocarbon retaining system, to purge stored hydrocarbons, wherein a flow of purged hydrocarbons is drawn back to the venturi via venturi action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael James Uhrich, Stephen B. Smith, James Michael Kerns, Shane Elwart, Jason Aaron Lupescu
  • Publication number: 20100218490
    Abstract: A static mixing element, in particular for arrangement in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, has a grid-like component having a flow therethrough. The grid-like component is formed in one piece from an elongated metal strip. In the production of the static mixing element, the metal strip is bent to form the grid-like component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: EMCON TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY (AUGSBURG) GMBH
    Inventors: Erich Forster, Rolf Kaiser, Klaus Regenold, Klaus Rusch
  • Publication number: 20100222986
    Abstract: An exhaust valve early-closure control brings about blowback of exhaust gas into an intake system. However, if the exhaust valve early-closure control is executed, for example, during a first idle operation immediately following the startup of the engine, or the like, the amount of blowback exhaust gas becomes excessively large. Therefore, when the post-startup increase amount has decreased to or below a lower-limit criterion value, the ECU prohibits the exhaust valve early-closure control, and changes the control to a usual valve timing control. As a result, during a period during which the combustion state has a stability margin and the amount of emission of HCs and the like is large, the exhaust emission quality can be bettered by the exhaust valve early-closure control. Besides, when the post-startup increase amount has decreased, the combustion state can be stabilized by prohibiting the exhaust valve early-closure control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishii, Mamoru Yoshioka, Makoto Tomimatsu
  • Patent number: 7784273
    Abstract: An exhaust emission purifying apparatus has a NOx reduction catalytic converter in an exhaust passage of an engine, for purifying nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas by reduction with urea aqueous solution; an injection nozzle injecting the urea solution toward an exhaust upstream side of the converter in the exhaust passage; and fins disposed on an exhaust upstream side of an injection position of the urea solution in the injection nozzle, for generating a spiral swirling flow of the gas swirling about a center corresponding to the central axis of an exhaust pipe. The swirling flow generated in the exhaust gas prior to the injection-supply of the urea aqueous solution promotes mixing of the solution with the gas to thereby promote the hydrolysis of the urea solution. And the exhaust gas and ammonia generated from the urea solution are uniformly mixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo Roki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Kanaya, Koutarou Honda, Tomoko Amemiya, Kiminobu Hirata, Nobuhiko Masaki, Shinya Obana, Daisuke Shirai, Hitoshi Hiramoto, Naobumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100212301
    Abstract: A flow device for an exhaust system includes a body that defines an interior cavity. An exhaust inlet passage is disposed in the interior cavity. An exhaust outlet passage is disposed in the interior cavity so that at least a portion of the exhaust inlet passage circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the exhaust outlet passage. A doser is adapted to inject reductants into the interior cavity of the body such that the reductants are injected in the same general direction as the direction of flow of the exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Korneel De Rudder, Bart Schellens, Antonio Gil, Nic Degelin
  • Patent number: 7779962
    Abstract: A muffler is disclosed. In the muffler a throttling device that is controlled by the energy of the airflow to be muffled is provided in a pipeline of the airflow that needs to be muffled. The muffler is adjusted by itself according to random variety of the pulsing airflow, and can eliminate or reduce effectively the pulsation of the airflow and the related noise in the range of the low frequency and the middle frequency. The muffling effect of the muffler has no correlation with the volume of the muffler, and therefore the volume of the muffler can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: Guobiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 7779961
    Abstract: The diffuser can be used at an end of a vehicle exhaust system. The diffuser can have a generally hollow body with an inlet for receiving exhaust gasses from a substantially vertically-extending component of the vehicle exhaust system, and a substantially flat outlet grate through which the exhaust gasses are to be released to the atmosphere, the outlet grate being configured and adapted for use in a roof of the vehicle, in an aligned position therewith, with the hollow body of the diffuser positioned inside the vehicle and below the outlet grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: François Matte
  • Publication number: 20100205949
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for supplying an internal combustion engine (1), particularly of a motor vehicle, with a stream of combustion air (2) and for removing a stream of exhaust gas (3) from the internal combustion engine (1). The arrangement comprises a fresh air channel (4) for conveying the stream of combustion air (2), an exhaust channel (5) for conveying the stream of exhaust gas (3), an exhaust gas turbocharger (6) comprising a condenser (7) disposed in the fresh air channel (4) and comprising a turbine (8) disposed in the exhaust gas channel (5), a swirl generator (9) connected directly upstream of the condenser (7) for the stream of combustion air (2) arriving in the condenser (7), and a low-pressure exhaust gas return (10) comprising a return channel (11) emptying into the fresh air channel (4) upstream of the condenser (7) for conveying an exhaust gas return stream (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Bolda, Dietmar Talmon-Gros
  • Publication number: 20100206265
    Abstract: Three or more independent passages are coupled to respective cylinders which are different from each other, and a collective portion where the independent passages collect is provided. An exhaust turbocharger is arranged downstream of the collective portion. Rotary throttle valves are arranged respectively in the independent passages upstream of the collective portion. At least two of the throttle valves are supported by a common rotary axis. The independent passages with the throttle valves supported by the common rotary axis are coupled to cylinders which have exhaust strokes which are not adjacent to each other. Accordingly, the exhaust gas can be supplied to the exhaust turbocharger efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki YAMAGATA, Susumu MASUYAMA, Osamu AOKI
  • Patent number: 7775322
    Abstract: A passive, exhaust pressure actuated valve assembly for placement inside a tubular exhaust conduit is pivotally mounted to an off-center axle for rotation between fully closed and fully opened positions. A bias element forces the valve flap toward the fully closed position. The valve flap is shaped in a manner enabling use of the interior surface of the exhaust conduit to define stops at the full closed and full opened positions. The valve flap shape, in conjunction with the bias element arrangement, enables the flap to lie substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the conduit in the fully opened position, which provides for minimum back pressure in the conduit. The valve assembly finds particularly advantageous use inside a bypass through pipe of a muffler assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Hill
  • Publication number: 20100192559
    Abstract: A passive valve assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes an exhaust component that defines an exhaust gas flow path and a vane that is positioned within the exhaust gas flow path. The vane is positioned at an initial start position and is movable between a closed position to provide a minimum exhaust gas flow and an open position to provide a maximum exhaust gas flow. The start position is orientated at a negative angle relative to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Kwin Abram, Robin Willats
  • Publication number: 20100192555
    Abstract: This exhaust arrangement for an exhaust line having an exhaust gas treatment device and a liquid injection device located upstream of the exhaust gas treatment device includes a single moving element incorporating a throttling member having a solid closing surface and, operatively connected to the said throttling member, a turbulence generating member and an actuator for controlling the position of the said moving element between a first position wherein the moving element is in a retracted position and creates a minimum back pressure in the exhaust line and a second position wherein the moving element is in an extended position and creates a maximum back pressure, or selectively in at least one intermediate position wherein the moving element is in a turbulence generating position wherein the turbulence generating member intrudes at least partially into the exhaust line and creates turbulences within the flow of exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Renault Trucks
    Inventor: Vincent Lauga
  • Publication number: 20100192560
    Abstract: A passive valve assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes an exhaust component that defines an exhaust gas flow path and a vane that is positioned within the exhaust gas flow path. The vane is positioned at an initial start position and is movable between a closed position to provide a minimum exhaust gas flow and an open position to provide a maximum exhaust gas flow. The start position is orientated at a negative angle relative to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Kwin Abram, Robin Willats
  • Patent number: 7765799
    Abstract: 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 spurious exhaust pressure excursions and removes particulates in the exhaust. The second volume houses an oxidation catalyst for treating exhaust to reduce exhaust emissions. The engine oil has at most 10 ppm zinc content to reduce metal poisons contained in the exhaust prior to contact with the oxidation catalyst. The engine oil preferably has a very low ash content to minimize sulfur combustion components in the exhaust to reduce masking of the oxidation catalyst. The first volume preferably has a pressure relief valve set to relieve at a pressure greater than the maximum normal operating pressure of the engine to avoid excessive pressure excursions of the engine exhaust from damaging the oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce M. Chrisman, Thomas J. Hurley
  • Publication number: 20100186382
    Abstract: An emissions control system is disclosed. The emissions control system may have a first exhaust treatment device. The emissions control system may also have an end cap defining a mixing chamber connected to an end of the first exhaust treatment device. The mixing chamber may be configured to promote mixing between a flow of exhaust received from the first exhaust treatment device and a reductant. The emissions control system may further have a second exhaust treatment device configured to receive the flow of exhaust and reductant after it passes through the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Eric Lee Schroeder, Jinhui Sun, Yuxiang Gu, Amarnath Nelli, Paul Frederick Olsen, Jack Albert Merchant, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Publication number: 20100186380
    Abstract: A method for removing soot particles from an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, especially of a diesel engine, includes feeding the exhaust gas through a collecting element through which the exhaust gas can pass freely but which is provided with a plurality of deflections and/or zones of swirl and calming or stabilization. At least a proportion of the particles are held or swirled around in the collecting element until there is a sufficient probability of reaction with nitrogen dioxide and a majority of the collected particles have been removed. A collecting element has flow channels through which the exhaust gas can pass freely. However, the flow channels are configured in such a way as to form deflections or zones of swirl and calming or stabilization. A system having the collecting element is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Emitec Gesellschaft für Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Rolf Brück, Meike Reizig
  • Patent number: 7762064
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine, comprising of a first exhaust passage providing a first flow area, a second exhaust passage communicatively coupled to the first exhaust passage, the second exhaust passage providing a second flow area greater than the first flow area, wherein the second exhaust passage is arranged downstream of the first exhaust passage, wherein a first wall surface of the first exhaust passage defines at least a first opening for transferring air external the first exhaust passage to within the first exhaust passage and a second wall surface of the second exhaust passage defines at least a second opening for transferring air external the second exhaust passage to within the second exhaust passage, a first protrusion disposed within the first exhaust passage upstream of the first opening, and a second protrusion disposed within the second exhaust passage upstream of the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Tennison
  • Patent number: 7757484
    Abstract: An end cap for an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The end cap has a cylindrical housing with an axial direction, a radial direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction, a first open end, and a second closed end opposing the first open end in the axial direction. The end cap also has an integral port member extending from an annular surface of the cylindrical housing. The integral port member has a central axis aligned in the radial direction, and an exterior surface of the integral port member tangentially connects to an exterior surface of the cylindrical housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Stephen Bruza, Darrel Henry Meffert, Michael James Pollard, Timothy John Boland, John Roger Weber, Ronak Dhanendrakumar Shah, Robert Lee Meyer, Jonas Arunas Aleksonis