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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuaki Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95278 ; 95283 ; 95286 ; 552823 ; 55283 ; 55287 ; 55DI / ; 55DI / ; 96400 ; 96402 ; 96405 ; 96421 ; 60303 ; 60311 ;
Abstract
Two filters provided in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine are used to simultaneously collect particulate in an exhaust gas and are alternately refreshed. When a refresh timing of the filters comes, a determination is made as to which of the filters has a larger accumulation amount. The plurality of filters are refreshed in an order from the filter determined as having the larger accumulation amount, and variation of accumulation amounts of particulate of the filters is corrected, so that both of the filters are refreshed within a tolerable temperature range.