Patent ID: 6018949
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: F01N,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas pipe arrangement with an exhaust gas catalytic converter, an exhaust gas turbocharger having an exhaust gas turbine arranged in the exhaust gas pipe upstream of said catalytic converter, a bypass line having one end connected to said exhaust gas pipe upstream of said exhaust gas turbine and its opposite end connected to said exhaust gas pipe between said exhaust gas turbine and said catalytic converter and including a bypass valve, and means for controlling said bypass valve, said bypass valve control means comprising a bi-pressure motor having two separate pressure chambers and an operating rod coupled to said bypass valve and being movable depending on the pressure difference in the two pressure chambers, one of said pressure chambers having associated therewith a controllable pressure valve for placing said one pressure chamber in communication selectively with the atmosphere or with an engine air intake duct and the other pressure chamber having associated therewith a controllable vacuum valve for placing said other pressure chamber in communication selectively with the atmosphere or said engine air intake duct and a valve control unit for controlling said controllable pressure valve and said controllable vacuum valve in such a way that, after startup of said internal combustion engine and during a catalytic converter heat up period, said first pressure chamber is placed in communication with the atmosphere and the second pressure chamber is placed in communication with the air intake duct so as to open said bypass valve to permit the engine exhaust gas to bypass said exhaust gas turbine, and said first pressure chamber is placed in communication with said air intake pipe and said second pressure chamber with the atmosphere when said catalytic converter has reached operating temperature or the engine load is above a predetermined value.