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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1984

Filed:

Mar. 18, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:

Masaharu Kubota, Musashino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60290 ; 60284 ; 60293 ;
Abstract

A system for supplying secondary air for an emission control system of an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter. The system comprises a secondary air conduit communicated with an exhaust port of the engine, a reed valve provided in the secondary air conduit for preventing the counterflow. The inlet of the reed valve is communicated with the atmosphere for inducting secondary air into the exhaust passage. A valve is provided for opening the inlet of the reed valve, and a valve actuator for actuating the valve. An engine temperature sensor is provided for producing an output signal when the temperature of the engine is below than a predetermined temperature. An electric circuit is operated in response to the output signal of the engine temperature sensor. A timer including a switch is adapted to be operated by the output signal of the engine temperature sensor for closing the switch for a predetermind time for operating the electromagnetic valve to operate the valve actuator for opening the inlet, whereby secondary air is sucked into the exhaust passage.


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