Mazda Motor Corporation

Shimadzu Corporation

Tetsuhiro Tanaka

Hiroshi Murakami

Isao Fukui

Masamitsu Takahashi

Masahiro Hiraishi

Shinichi Kuroda

Koji Inoue

Shinobu Miyaura

Kazunori Ihara, Deceased

Method of forming a catalytic bonding layer by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) onto carrier structures including internal combustion engine exhaust system and catalytic converter components, in order to bond a catalyst layer thereto, thereby providing a structure wherein additionally the bonding layer can be energized to promote catalytic conversion-activating preheating of the catalyst. In an electromagnetic induction catalytic preheating system, a ceramic lattice or a metallic network can form the base structure of the catalytic converter, wherein at least the latter is encompassed by an electrical/thermal insulating layer; around either induction coiling is wrapped and secured by a thermally insulating material. Upon engine start, current is electromagnetically induced in the catalytic bonding layer or the metallic network through the induction coiling. Furthermore, the specific heat capacity of the bonding layer is low, and its specific resistance can be predetermined; thus in heating quickly and efficiently, in tandem the catalyst is heated. The catalytic preheating is also made efficient by the insulating properties of the insulating layers.

Exhaust gas catalytic purifier construction

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Hiroshima, Japan

Tetsuhiro Tanaka