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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Shinpo, Nisshin, JP;
Yukihisa Matsuda, Nagoya, JP;
Takato Ishihata, Takahama, JP;
Toshio Murata, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 11/10 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01); F28F 27/02 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 11/10 (2013.01); F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F01N 2240/02 (2013.01); F01N 2240/36 (2013.01); F01N 2900/12 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1628 (2013.01); F28D 9/0043 (2013.01); F28D 21/0003 (2013.01); F28F 27/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust heat recovery device of the present invention has: a first pipe through which exhaust from an engine flows; a second pipe that branches-off from the first pipe, and at which is disposed a heat recovery apparatus that carries out heat exchange with the exhaust and recovers exhaust heat; a valve member that adjusts an amount of flow of the exhaust that flows-in from the first pipe to the second pipe; and plural driving members that drive the valve member.