Claims
- 1. An exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine, comprising:exhaust flow control means for restraining an exhaust flow so as to enhance the effect of reduction of the delivery of harmful substances at the start of operation of the internal-combustion engine; secondary air supply means for supplying oxygen-rich exhaust gas to an exhaust system of said internal combustion engine at the start of operation of said internal-combustion engine by stopping fuel supply to some of the cylinders or carrying out lean-A/F operation; and air-fuel ratio control means for adjusting the combustion air-fuel ratio of-the other cylinders of said internal-combustion engine to a rich air-fuel ratio at the start of operation of said internal-combustion engine.
- 2. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said air-fuel ratio control means controls the combustion air-fuel ratio of said internal-combustion engine so that the combustion air-fuel ratio is not lower than a combustion limit air-fuel ratio and not higher than 13.
- 3. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said secondary air supply means supplies the secondary oxygen-rich exhaust gas to the exhaust system of said internal-combustion engine so that the exhaust air-fuel ratio obtained after the supply of the oxygen-rich exhaust gas is a lean air-fuel ratio.
- 4. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas to the exhaust system of said internal-combustion engine so that the exhaust air-fuel ratio obtained after the supply of the oxygen-rich exhaust gas ranges from 18 to 22.
- 5. The exhaust emission control device of an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, andwherein said multi-cylinder-internal-combustion engine comprises two exhaust passages provided independently for each of two cylinder groups into which the cylinders of said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine are divided and communicating channels connecting the two exhaust passages, said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas discharged from one of said two cylinder groups to the exhaust passages associated with the other of said two cylinder groups through the communicating channels, and when the oxygen-rich exhaust gas is supplied from said one cylinder group to the exhaust passages of the other cylinder group through the communicating channels as said exhaust flow control means restrains the exhaust flow so that the degree of restraint of the flow of the exhaust gas discharged from said one cylinder group is higher than the degree of restraint of the flow of the exhaust gas discharged from the other cylinder group to allow the oxygen-rich exhaust gas to be supplied to the exhaust passages of the other cylinder group through the communicating channel.
- 6. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine comprises two exhaust passages provided independently for each of two cylinder groups into which cylinders of said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine are divided and communicating channels connecting the two exhaust passages, and wherein said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas discharged from one of said two cylinder groups to the exhaust passages associated with the other of said two cylinder groups through the communicating channels and includes an air pump attached to said communicating channels and capable of force-feeding the exhaust gas from the exhaust passages of said one cylinder group to the exhaust passages of the other cylinder group.
- 7. An exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine, which has an injection valve for injecting a fuel directly into a combustion chamber, fuel injection control means for controlling fuel injection by means of said injection valve, and air-fuel ratio control means for controlling the air-fuel ratio, comprising:exhaust flow control means for restraining an exhaust flow so as to enhance the effect of reduction of the delivery of harmful substances at the start of operation of the internal-combustion engine; and secondary air supply means for supplying oxygen-rich exhaust gas to an exhaust system of said internal combustion engine at the start of operation of said internal-combustion engine by stopping fuel supply to some of the cylinders or carrying out lean-A/F operation, wherein, when said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas from some of the cylinders to the exhaust system of said internal-combustion engine, said fuel injection control means controls the fuel injection of said internal-combustion engine such that fuel is injected into the other cylinders in a compression stroke thereof and said air-fuel ratio control means adjust the combustion air-fuel ratio of the other cylinders to the theoretical air-fuel ratio or a rich air-fuel ratio.
- 8. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 7, wherein said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine comprises two exhaust passages provided independently for each of two cylinder groups into which cylinders of said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine are divided and communicating channels connecting the two exhaust passages, and wherein said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen rich exhaust gas discharged from one of said two cylinder groups to the exhaust passages associated with the other of said two cylinder groups through the communicating channels and includes an air pump attached to said communicating channels and capable of force-feeding the exhaust gas from the exhaust passages of said one cylinder group to the exhaust passages of the other cylinder group.
- 9. The exhaust emission control device of multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 7, andwherein said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine comprises two exhaust passages provided independently for each of two cylinder groups into which the cylinders of said multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine are divided and communicating channels connecting the two exhaust passages, said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas discharged from one of said two cylinder groups to the exhaust passages associated with the other of said two cylinder groups through the communicating channels, and when the oxygen-rich exhaust gas is supplied from said one cylinder group to the exhaust passages of the other cylinder group through the communicating channels as said exhaust flow control means restrains the exhaust flow so that the degree of restraint of the flow of the exhaust gas discharged from said one cylinder group is higher than the degree of restraint of the flow of the exhaust gas discharged from the other cylinder group to allow the oxygen-rich exhaust gas to be supplied to the exhaust passages of the other cylinder group through the communicating channel.
- 10. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 7, wherein said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas to the exhaust system of said internal-combustion engine so that the exhaust air-fuel ratio obtained after the supply of the oxygen-rich exhaust gas is a lean air-fuel ratio.
- 11. The exhaust emission control device of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine according to claim 10, wherein said secondary air supply means supplies the oxygen-rich exhaust gas to the exhaust system of said internal-combustion engine so that the exhaust air-fuel ratio obtained after the supply of the oxygen-rich exhaust gas ranges from 18 to 22.
Priority Claims (4)
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2001-20658 |
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2001-66701 |
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2001-119847 |
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2001-247223 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is the national phase under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT International Application No. PCT/JP02/00669 which has an International filing date of Jan. 29, 2002, which designated the United States of America.
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