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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward M Halimi, Montecito, CA (US);
Leland M Burke, Santa Barbara County, CA (US);
Assignee:
Turbodyne Systems, Inc., Carpinteria, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60323 ; 60280 ; 60320 ; 60612 ;
Abstract
An insulation blanket is applied around the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine to maintain higher exhaust gas temperature in the manifold, thus both to enhance oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons therein and also to reduce ambient air contact with the exterior of the manifold to reduce passive formation of NO.sub.x.