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US 11,225,898 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoseki Sugiyama, Hiroshi Otsuki
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Abstract
A vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine including an engine body and a catalyst device and a carbon dioxide recovery device recovering carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust is provided. The engine body, catalyst device, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted in the vehicle so that relationships X1>X2 and X2>X3 stand where a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X1, a distance from a mounting position of the catalyst device to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X2, and a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the catalyst device is X3.
Claims8
A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine including an engine body and a catalyst device configured to purify exhaust discharged from the engine body;
- a carbon dioxide recovery device configured to recover carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust;
- a rechargeable battery;
- and
- a cooling device configured to cool the battery and the carbon dioxide recovery device, wherein:
- the engine body, catalyst device, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted such that X1>X2 and X2>X3, wherein X1, X2, and X3 being defined as follows:
- a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X1, a distance from a mounting position of the catalyst device to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X2, and a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the catalyst device is X3;
- the engine body, battery, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted such that Y2>Y1, wherein Y1 and Y2 are defined as follows;
- a distance from a mounting position of the battery to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is Y1 and a distance from the mounting position of the engine body to the mounting position of the battery is Y2;
- and
- the cooling device is configured to use in common a refrigerant for respectively cooling the battery and the carbon dioxide recovery device and a radiator for cooling the refrigerant.
8 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine including an engine body and a catalyst device configured to purify exhaust discharged from the engine body;
- a carbon dioxide recovery device configured to recover carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust, wherein:
- the engine body, catalyst device, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted such that X1>X2 and X2>X3, wherein X1, X2, and X3 being defined as follows:
- a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X1, a distance from a mounting position of the catalyst device to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X2, and a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the catalyst device is X3;
- the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is further to a rear portion of the vehicle than a passenger compartment space;
- the internal combustion engine further comprises a main muffler configured to reduce noise of exhaust discharged from the engine body;
- the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is above the main muffler, and
- exhaust flowing through an exhaust pipe near an outlet of the main muffler is introduced to the carbon dioxide recovery device.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine including an engine body and a catalyst device configured to purify exhaust discharged from the engine body;
- a carbon dioxide recovery device configured to recover carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust, wherein:
- the engine body, catalyst device, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted such that X1>X2 and X2>X3, wherein X1, X2, and X3 being defined as follows:
- a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X1, a distance from a mounting position of the catalyst device to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X2, and a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the catalyst device is X3;
- the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is a luggage space positioned further to a rear portion of the vehicle than a passenger compartment space, and
- the vehicle further comprises a partition plate configured to partition the passenger compartment space and the luggage space between the passenger compartment space and the luggage space.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine including an engine body and a catalyst device configured to purify exhaust discharged from the engine body;
- a carbon dioxide recovery device configured to recover carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust, wherein:
- the engine body, catalyst device, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted such that X1>X2 and X2>X3, wherein X1, X2, and X3 being defined as follows:
- a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X1, a distance from a mounting position of the catalyst device to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X2, and a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the catalyst device is X3;
- the carbon dioxide recovery device is mounted so that a height position of its top end is below a height position of top ends of head rests of seats arranged in a passenger compartment space.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine including an engine body, a catalyst device configured to purify exhaust discharged from the engine body, and a main muffler reducing noise of the exhaust;
- a carbon dioxide recovery device configured to recover carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust;
- a rechargeable battery;
- and
- a fuel tank configured to store fuel supplied to the engine body, wherein
- the engine body is arranged in an engine room at a front of the vehicle,
- the catalyst device is arranged further to a vehicle back side than the engine body,
- the fuel tank is arranged further to the vehicle back side than the catalyst device and below front seats arranged in a passenger compartment space,
- the battery is arranged further to the vehicle back side than the fuel tank and below back seats arranged in the passenger compartment space,
- the main muffler is arranged further to the vehicle back side than the battery,
- the carbon dioxide recovery device is arranged further to the vehicle back side than the battery and above the main muffler,
- a distance from the engine body to the catalyst device is shorter than a distance from the catalyst device to the carbon dioxide recovery device, and
- a distance from the engine body to the battery is longer than a distance from the battery to the carbon dioxide recovery device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.