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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Masashi Shinohara, Wako, JP;
Tsuneo Endoh, Wako, JP;
Tsutomu Takahashi, Wako, JP;
Hideharu Izumi, Wako, JP;
Masashi Shinohara, Wako, JP;
Tsuneo Endoh, Wako, JP;
Tsutomu Takahashi, Wako, JP;
Hideharu Izumi, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
First heat exchangers (HHH) are disposed within an exhaust port (), within a pre-catalytic device (), and on the downstream of a main catalytic device (); the exhaust port (), the pre-catalytic device (), and the main catalytic device () being provided in each exhaust passage () of a multicylinder internal combustion engine. These first heat exchangers (HHH) are independently provided for each of the exhaust passages (), and a second heat exchanger (H) is disposed in a section where these exhaust passages () are combined. Since the first heat exchangers (HHH) are disposed on the upstream side of the exhaust passage (), high heat exchange efficiency can be obtained by high temperature exhaust gas, and, moreover, the occurrence of exhaust interference can be avoided, thereby preventing any decrease in the output of the internal combustion engine.