Exhaust apparatus for a v-type internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5071799

Ito, Y; Deguchi, R; Matsuoka, H; Hanafusa, T

An exhaust apparatus adapted for connection to a V-type internal combustion engine in an automobile having a first cylinder bank away from the passenger compartment of the automobile and a second cylinder bank proximate the passenger compartment of the automobile, is described comprising: a first exhaust manifold connected to the first cylinder bank; a second exhaust manifold connected to the second cylinder bank; a catalytic converter; and means for connecting the first and second exhaust manifolds to the catalytic convertor.

• Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4731993
• OSTI ID: 5071799
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Jan 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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