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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Yu Ri Han, Chungcheongbuk-Do, KR;
Hong Jae Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Ju Hyuck Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An exhaust heat recovery apparatus is installed proximate an engine and at a front side of a warm-up catalytic converter in an exhaust system, where the exhaust system includes an exhaust line connected with the engine, and the warm-up catalytic converter is installed at the exhaust line. The exhaust heat recovery apparatus includes a bellows unit which is of a dual-pipe type and exchanges heat between exhaust gas emitted through the exhaust line and coolant circulating from a cooling system to the engine.