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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Patrick Philips, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In the case of an internal combustion engine (,) arranged transversely in a motor vehicle and having in-line cylinders, the exhaust gases are passed forwards in the direction of travel around the internal combustion engine from that side of the latter which is opposite to the direction of travel and, from there, pass to a catalytic converter (,) arranged in the rear area of the motor vehicle. To ensure rapid heating of the catalytic converter when cold-starting, the exhaust manifold (,) of the internal combustion engine is connected to the inlet of the catalytic converter (,) by a short feed line (,) with a small cross section. An exhaust-gas recirculation line (,) which opens into line (,) close to the catalytic converter is provided.
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