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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Ki Young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Chibum In, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine may include: at least one inlet channel having an end through which an exhaust gas is flowed into and the other end which is blocked; at least one outlet channel having an end which is blocked and the other end through which the exhaust gas is discharged; and a wall defining a boundary between neighboring inlet channel and outlet channel, and adapted to flow the exhaust gas from the inlet channel to the outlet channel, wherein the wall includes a single-layered portion formed at an end portion and having a three-way catalyst layer, and a multi-layered portion being the portion other than the single-layered portion and having a three-way catalyst layer, a hydrocarbon trap layer and an insulating layer. An apparatus of purifying an exhaust gas is also provided.