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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Osamu Takii, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60302 ; 60323 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle having a transversely disposed V-type engine with first and second exhaust manifolds associated with the forward and rearward cylinder banks, respectively. An exhaust pipe interconnects both of the exhaust manifolds with a single rearwardly positioned catalytic converter and an auxiliary catalytic converter is positioned in the exhaust pipe so that only the exhaust gases from the forwardmost exhaust manifold pass through it.