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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinji Yamamoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiro Takaya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 ;
Abstract
An exhaust gas purifying system, at least including, on an exhaust gas passage for gas exhausted from an engine, a first HC-trap-catalyst arranged on an upstream side, a second HC-trap-catalyst arranged on a downstream side, and a heat capacitor arranged between the first HC-trap-catalyst and the second HC-trap-catalyst. Each of the heat capacitor and the second HC-trap-catalyst has a honeycomb carrier, and a ratio Gt/Gh of a geometric surface area Gt of the honeycomb carrier of the heat capacitor to a geometric surface area Gh of the honeycomb carrier of the second HC-trap-catalyst is in a range of 1 to 5.