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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuo Nagami, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Hirayama, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60276 ; 60285 ; 60289 ; 60307 ; 123687 ;
Abstract
An engine comprising an exhaust passage having therein a NO.sub.x absorbent which absorbs the NO.sub.x when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NO.sub.x absorbent is lean and releases the absorbed NO.sub.x when the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas is lowered. When the air-fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture fed into the engine cylinder is made a rich air-fuel ratio or the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, a secondary air is fed into the exhaust passage upstream of the NO.sub.x absorbent to make the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas lean.