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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiki Matsumoto, Kariya, JP;
Kinji Hodaira, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60274 ; 60284 ; 60285 ; 60289 ;
Abstract
In an engine, if a catalytic converter is not in the activated region, a fuel injection rate is corrected to increase, and a secondary air is introduced from a secondary air feed port into a catalytic converter. Even immediately after the cold start of the engine, the fuel injection rate is increased to be richer in fuel than the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio to feed the secondary air simultaneously, so that the temperatures of the catalytic converter and the exhaust gas can be kept over the activation temperature by the heat of the reaction of the increased fuel in the catalytic converter thereby to improve the exhaust gas purification.