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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ueda, Chigasaki, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can be operated at a lean air-fuel ratio is provided. This exhaust gas control apparatus is equipped with a three-way catalyst, an occlusion reduction NOx catalyst (an NSR catalyst) that is provided upstream of the three-way catalyst, a bypass passage that bypasses the NSR catalyst, a changeover valve that causes exhaust gas to flow through one of the bypass passage and the NSR catalyst, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit carries out rich spike, causes exhaust gas to flow through the bypass passage in starting rich spike, and causes exhaust gas to flow through the NSR catalyst after having carried out rich spike for a predetermined period.