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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Fujihara, Susono, JP;
Kouseki Sugiyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Ohtsuki, Gotemba, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Gotemba, JP;
Yushi Seki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A COtrapping device mounted in a hybrid vehicle, provided with a branch passage branched from an exhaust passage, a COtrapping part provided at the branch passage and trapping COin inflowing exhaust gas, a cooling part using electric power of the battery to cool the COtrapping part, a flow controlling part controlling an amount of flow of the exhaust gas flowing into the branch passage, and a COtrapping control part controlling the cooling part and the flow controlling part, the COtrapping control part controlling the flow controlling part so as to make the cooling part stop cooling and to shut off the flow of the exhaust gas to the COtrapping part when a charging rate of the battery becomes a predetermined SOC threshold value or less.