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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:
Jun. 08, 1993
Filed:
May. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60276 ; 60277 ; 60286 ; 60300 ;
Abstract
A catalytic converter heater control system for an internal combustion engine comprising a catalytic converter installed in the engine exhaust gas passage and having a small capacity section on its upstream side and a large capacity section on its downstream side. The system has a pair of oxygen sensors installed one on the upstream side and one on the downstream side of the catalytic converter, a heater installed on the small capacity reaction section for heating incoming exhaust gas, and an electronic control unit for operating the heater when the difference between the outputs of the oxygen sensors is smaller than a prescribed value.