Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Koichi Fujimori

Shusuke Akazaki

Norio Suzuki

Yusuke Hasegawa

Hiroki Munakata

Masuhiro Yoshizaki

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Takashi Komatsuda

Seiji Kato

Kazuo Ishii

Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Tatsumi Yamada

An exhaust manifold M is comprised of a plurality of inner exhaust pipe shells secured to an upper flange, and a plurality of outer exhaust pipe shells secured to the upper flange to individually cover the inner exhaust pipe shells, wherein a downstream end of each of the corresponding inner exhaust pipe shells slidably contacts an annular bead bulging from an outer peripheral surface of the downstream end of the outer exhaust pipe shells. An inner collecting pipe shell communicates with the plurality of inner exhaust pipe shells and is secured at its upstream end to the plurality of outer exhaust pipe shells, and an outer collecting pipe shell which is secured at its upstream end to the plurality of outer exhaust pipe shells covers the inner collecting pipe shell. A downstream end of the inner collecting pipe shell slidably contacts an annular mesh member interposed therebetween. Sliding portions for absorbing a difference in the axial thermal elongation between inner and outer double walls are provided separately at the downstream end of an exhaust single pipe and the downstream end of an exhaust collecting pipe. Thus, the sliding stroke in each of the sliding portions can be set to a small value, and the absorption of the thermal elongation can be carried out smoothly.

Heat-insulation type exhaust manifold

There is provided an air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine installed on an automotive vehicle. The control system controls the air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine to a value leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio immediately after the start of the engine. Operating conditions of the engine and/or operating conditions of the automotive vehicle is detected. Starting of the vehicle is predicted based on the detected operating conditions of the engine and/or the detected operating conditions of the automotive vehicle. The air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the engine is changed to a richer value than the leaner value when the starting of the vehicle is predicted.

Air-fuel ratio control system having function of after-start lean-burn

There is provided an air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine installed on an automotive vehicle. The control system controls the air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine to a value leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio immediately after the start of the engine. Operating conditions of the engine and/or operating conditions of the automotive vehicle are detected. Starting of the vehicle is predicted based on the detected operating conditions of the engine and/or the detected operating conditions of the automotive vehicle. The air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the engine is changed to a richer value than the leaner value when the starting of the vehicle is predicted.

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Wako, Japan

Koichi Fujimori