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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Marco Ranalli, Augsburg, DE;
Stefan Schmidt, Langweid, DE;
Andreas Mayr, Waltershofen, DE;
Jurgen Klement, Asbach-Baumenheim, DE;
Marco Ranalli, Augsburg, DE;
Stefan Schmidt, Langweid, DE;
Andreas Mayr, Waltershofen, DE;
Jurgen Klement, Asbach-Baumenheim, DE;
Zeuna-Starker GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a diesel propulsion engine having an exhaust system. The exhaust system includes a discontinuously regenerating exhaust gas purification system including a catalytic converter unit for burning diesel fuel catalytically and a fuel evaporator unit connected upstream of the catalytic converter unit. The fuel evaporator unit includes an electrical heating element and is connected to the fuel tank of the vehicle by a fuel line. The fuel evaporator unit is spatial from any exhaust gas carrying components. A fuel vapor feeding channel upstream of the catalytic converter unit discharges into an exhaust gas carrying component and extends between the fuel evaporator unit and an exhaust gas carrying component.