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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Natsuki Sugiyama, Nissin, JP;
Hideji Naito, Tajimi, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 50/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/2013 (2013.01); F01N 3/2026 (2013.01); F01N 3/2828 (2013.01); F01N 13/18 (2013.01); Y02T 10/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrically heated catalyst device includes: a carrier configured to carry a catalyst; a pair of electric diffusion layers formed on an outer peripheral surface of the carrier so as to be opposed each other; and wiring members each fixed to each of the electric diffusion layers, and the carrier is electrically heated via the wiring members. Each of the electric diffusion layers is formed so as to be divided into a plurality of regions in an axial direction of the carrier.