Power plants – Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of... – By means producing a chemical reaction of a component of the...
Patent
1996-03-06
1998-05-12
Wolfe, Willis R.
Power plants
Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of...
By means producing a chemical reaction of a component of the...
60303, 422174, F01N 328
Patent
active
057492239
ABSTRACT:
An exhaust management system comprising a catalytic converter having a catalyst operative to reduce HC emissions from a flow of exhaust gas from an automotive internal combustion engine when the catalyst is above a light-off temperature and a heater assembly mounted in the flow of exhaust gas, upstream of the catalyst and exterior of the catalytic converter, wherein the heater assembly includes an electric heater located more than one inch from a front surface of the catalyst.
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Christenson Barry Odell
Horton John Arthur
Kreucher John Eric
Myers Stephen Joe
Starke Roger Kurt
General Motors Corporation
Simon Anthony Luke
Wolfe Willis R.
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