Patent ID: 6266956
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: B60K,B60W,F01N,F02B,F02M,Y02A,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
An exhaust emission control system of an internal combustion engine, used in a hybrid car traveled by two types of power sources of an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor, comprising:a combustion device working as a separate device from said internal combustion engine;a catalyst, provided in an exhaust passageway of said internal combustion engine, for purifying an exhaust gas emitted from said internal combustion engine;a combustion gas passageway through which the combustion gas emitted from said combustion device passes toward said catalyst; andan introducing mechanism for the combustion gas to said catalyst via said combustion gas passageway when said internal combustion engine is in a stop state.