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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:

Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu-shi, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Ikeda, Nisshin, JP;

Masaki Ikeya, Obu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/10 (2006.01); B60K 13/04 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/002 (2013.01); F01N 3/10 (2013.01); F01N 13/00 (2013.01); B60K 13/04 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); B60K 15/03504 (2013.01);
Abstract

An internal combustion engine system having a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to an engine and an exhaust passage in which exhaust gas is to be exhausted from the engine, wherein the internal combustion engine system includes: a closing member to close the exhaust passage; an exhaust gas introduction passage connecting the exhaust passage and the fuel tank; and a controller configured to close the exhaust passage by the closing member after the engine is stopped to store the exhaust gas in the exhaust passage and to introduce the exhaust gas stored in the exhaust passage into the fuel tank via the exhaust gas introduction passage.


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