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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60290 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for introducing secondary air for into an internal combustion engine. The apparatus has an air pump coupled to an air injection pipe system, the latter having an end terminating upstream of the catalytic converter, for introducing an amount of secondary air into the exhaust system of the engine. The apparatus further includes a valve device for maintaining the secondary air directed to the exhaust system from the air pump at determined constant pressure; thus, the amount of secondary air introduced into the exhaust system is effectively decreased during high rotational speed engine operation in order to prevent the catalytic converter from being overheated.