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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Faurecia, Korea, Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Sangmin Lee, Suwon-Si, KR;
Inkyun Na, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Gyuhwa Jeong, Suwon-Si, KR;
Dongjun Lee, Ansan-Si, KR;
Abstract
The catalytic converter of the vehicle includes: an LNT converter including an LNT catalyst to reduce nitrogen oxides; an SDPF converter including an SDPF catalyst to capture particulate matters and reduce the nitrogen oxides; a connection housing connecting the LNT converter and the SDPF converter to each other; an injection module provided in the connection housing to inject the reducing agent from the LNT converter toward the SDPF converter; an impactor atomizing and vaporizing the reducing agent injected from the injection module; a first guide mixer provided inside the connection housing to form a swirl-direction flow of the exhaust gas mixed with the reducing agent atomized through the impactor; and a second guide mixer provided downstream of the first guide mixer inside the connection housing to form an additional swirl-direction flow of the exhaust gas mixed with the reducing agent.