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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A motor vehicle () on which a vehicle engine () is mounted is described, the vehicle engine () including: an exhaust purification system () housing a GPF device () for purifying exhaust gas; and an EGR passage () connected to a portion of the exhaust purification system located downstream of the GPF device, and the engine is mounted in an engine compartment (R) defined in a front portion of a vehicle body. The exhaust purification system is located forward of a dash panel () constituting the engine compartment, and is positioned to extend toward a tunnel portion (T) of the dash panel. An upstream end portion () of the EGR passage is connected to a lower portion of the exhaust purification system in a vertical direction of the vehicle.