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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
The risk of a particulate filter from being damaged is reduced while an increase in pressure loss of the particulate filter due to ash is suppressed. Micropore zones are defined at upstream sides of partition walls of a particulate filter and macropore zones are defined at downstream sides of partition walls. The pore size of the partition walls at the micropore zones is set so that the particulate matter and the ash can be trapped by the partition walls at the micropore zones, while the pore size of the partition walls at the macropore zones is set so that the ash can pass through the partition walls at the macropore zones. When the difference dQPM between the quantity of the particulate matter which is trapped at the micropore zones and the quantity of particulate matter which is trapped at the macropore zones exceeds a predetermined threshold value, PM removal control is executed.