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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Takekazu Ito, Mishima, JP;
Takekazu Ito, Mishima, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, a technique is provided which makes it possible to recover an exhaust gas purification ability more efficiently than ever. In the exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine which recovers an exhaust gas purification ability of a filter by supplying fuel to the filter that is arranged on an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine for purifying an exhaust gas, in case where the exhaust gas purification ability of the filter is to be recovered, the supply of fuel is executed so as to make the degree of fuel atomization relatively low, as shown in (b), when the temperature of an exhaust gas flowing into the filter is in a first predetermined range, and when the temperature of the filter is in a second predetermined range, whereas the supply of fuel is executed so as to make the degree of fuel atomization relatively high, as shown in (a), when the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the filter is lower than a lower limit temperature of the first predetermined range, or when the temperature of the filter is higher than an upper limit temperature of the second predetermined range.