Patent ID: 7444804

Claim:
An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a particulate filter that is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; a supercharger that is provided in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine; an intercooler that is provided in a portion downstream of the supercharger in the intake passage; a filter recovery device that recovers a trapping ability of the particulate filter by increasing a temperature of the particulate filter; a load obtaining device that obtains a load of the internal combustion engine; and an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) control device that controls exhaust gas to flow back from a portion downstream of the particulate filter in the exhaust passage to a portion downstream of the intercooler in the intake passage without passing through the intercooler in a case where a load of the internal combustion engine is equal to or lower than a predetermined load, and for controlling the exhaust gas to flow back from the portion downstream of the particulate filter in the exhaust passage to a portion upstream of the supercharger in the intake passage in a case where the load of the internal combustion engine is higher than the predetermined load, while the trapping ability of the particulate filter is being recovered.