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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Takeshi Nobukawa, Toyota, JP;
Takeshi Nobukawa, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust purifying catalyst includes: a substrate; a first-stage catalyst that includes an oxygen storage capacity (OSC) material and that is provided on the substrate on an upstream side thereof in an exhaust gas flow direction; and a second-stage catalyst that includes an OSC material and that is provided on the substrate on a downstream side thereof in an exhaust gas flow direction. The OSC material included in the first-stage catalyst and the second-stage catalyst includes OSC material on which a noble metal is not supported. The proportion of the amount of the OSC material, on which a noble metal is not supported, and that is included in the second-stage catalyst with respect to the combined amount of the OSC material, on which a noble metal is not supported, and that is included in the first-stage catalyst and the second-stage catalyst is in a range of from 0 to 50 wt %.