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Patent No.:

US 10995649 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2017

Vehicle engine

Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Keishi Kitabatake, Hiroshima, JP;

Taku Kuramashi, Hatsukaichi, JP;

Tamotsu Takamure, Hiroshima, JP;

Takeshi Nakahira, Hiroshima, JP;

Yuji Kojima, Hiroshima, JP;

Amane Tsuda, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:

Studebaker & Brackett PC

Primary Examiner:

Darlene P Condra

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/10 (2010.01); F02M 26/06 (2016.01); F02M 26/12 (2016.01); F02M 26/15 (2016.01); F02M 26/24 (2016.01); F02M 26/28 (2016.01); B60K 5/04 (2006.01); B60K 13/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F02M 26/21 (2016.01); F02M 26/27 (2016.01); F02M 26/50 (2016.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01); F01N 3/033 (2006.01); F02B 37/00 (2006.01); F02B 39/02 (2006.01); F02B 39/04 (2006.01); F02B 39/10 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/10 (2013.01); B60K 5/04 (2013.01); B60K 13/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/14 (2013.01); B62D 25/2009 (2013.01); F01N 3/033 (2013.01); F01N 3/10 (2013.01); F01N 13/08 (2013.01); F02B 37/00 (2013.01); F02B 39/02 (2013.01); F02B 39/04 (2013.01); F02B 39/10 (2013.01); F02D 23/00 (2013.01); F02M 26/06 (2016.02); F02M 26/12 (2016.02); F02M 26/15 (2016.02); F02M 26/21 (2016.02); F02M 26/24 (2016.02); F02M 26/27 (2016.02); F02M 26/28 (2016.02); F02M 26/50 (2016.02); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle enginecomprises an exhaust system having an exhaust manifoldand an exhaust purification device. The exhaust manifoldis disposed at a predetermined distance from a dash panelconstituting a body of the vehicle, the exhaust purification deviceis disposed in a position overlapping a floor tunnel region, formed by a floor tunnel of the body, and is disposed below the exhaust manifoldand to one side of the center of the enginein the cylinder-array direction, as viewed from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An exhaust purification device introduction passageconnecting the exhaust manifoldand the exhaust purification deviceis disposed on the other side of the center of the exhaust manifoldin the cylinder-array direction, and extends below the exhaust manifoldto be connected to the exhaust purification device

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