Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Keiji Itou

Takaaki Itou

Hiroshi Tanaka

Kenji Katoh

Hiroki Ichinose

Kenji Harima

Koji Shimoji

Suekiti Hangeisi

An exhaust purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas from the engine, a first passage that allows exhaust gas to flow from the engine to the catalyst, and a second passage that allows exhaust gas to flow from the engine to the catalyst. The first passage includes an accelerated cooling portion whose cross section is designed so that a relatively large quantity of heat is released from the exhaust gas in the first passage, and the second passage has a cross section designed so that a relatively small quantity of heat is released from the exhaust gas in the second passage. The apparatus further includes a flow amount controller that controls amounts of exhaust gas flowing through the first and second passages, such that the amount of exhaust gas flow through the first passage is made larger than that through the second passage when the temperature of exhaust gas emitted from the engine is to be lowered by a relatively large degree before reaching the catalyst, and such that the amount of exhaust gas flow through the second passage is made larger than that through the first passage when the temperature of exhaust gas emitted from the engine is to be lowered by a relatively small degree before reaching the catalyst.

Exhaust purifying apparatus and method for internal combustion engine

A muffler installed on an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, which dissipates thermal stresses which arise from differing thermal expansions of the members comprising the muffler. The muffler comprises an outer cylinder, a pair of inner pipes, slidable into each other, penetrating into the outer cylinder and having a number of small holes therein, separators fixed to the outer cylinder by outer flanges provided with notches, and to the inner pipes by inner flanges, and the spaces defined by the inner pipes, separators and outer cylinder being filled with a sound absorbing material such as glass wool.

Muffler for internal combustion engines

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Susono, Japan

Keiji Itou