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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tsuyoshi Okada, Nagoya, JP;
Masaru Kakinohana, Toyota, JP;
Fukutaroh Mori, Anjou, JP;
Shogo Shirakawa, Toyota, JP;
Yuriko Takahashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Masashi Nose, Miyoshi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A method for reusing a vehicular catalyst that ensures effective reuse of a catalyst discarded when a vehicle is discarded is provided. A catalyst deterioration level of a catalytic converter is diagnosed, a catalyst that has a value of the deterioration level diagnosed to be smaller than a predetermined value is determined as a reusable catalyst, and the catalytic converter that includes the catalyst determined as the reusable catalyst is removed from a discarded vehicle. The removed catalytic converter is stored in association with a vehicle type and a manufacturing time of the discarded vehicle. When an abnormality occurs in a catalyst of a drivable vehicle corresponding to the vehicle type and the manufacturing time, a catalytic converter that includes the abnormal catalyst is replaced with the stored catalytic converter.