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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Osamu Watanabe, Utsunomiya, JP;
Ryouji Saiki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Susumu Nakajima, Utsunomiya, JP;
Minoru Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Osamu Watanabe, Utsunomiya, JP;
Ryouji Saiki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Susumu Nakajima, Utsunomiya, JP;
Minoru Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An intake air heating apparatus may include an air pump, an intake chamber, an air heater, and a delivery pipe associated with an intake manifold. When intake air is heated, a throttle valve may be closed, the air pump may be started, and electrical power may be supplied to the air heater. The air flowing from the intake chamber may be heated by the air heater. Thereafter, the air may flow from the delivery pipe into branch pipes and circulate to the intake chamber. At that time, since the throttle valve may be closed, and an intake valve or an exhaust valve of an engine may be closed, the heated air may not flow out and the air temperature in the intake manifold and the intake air heating apparatus may increase.