EGR system
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMamoru Yoshioka, Kaisho So, Takashi Bessho, Shinji Kawai
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Abstract
An EGR system is configured to allow a part of exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an intake passage to flow as EGR gas to an intake passage through an EGR passage to return to the engine. In the EGR system, a heating film is provided on an inner wall or an outer wall of at least one of the intake passage through which the EGR gas is allowed to flow and the EGR passage. At least a pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is provided to energize the heating film.
Claims18
An EGR system configured to allow a part of exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an exhaust passage to flow as an EGR gas to an intake passage through an EGR passage to return to the engine, wherein each of the intake passage through which the EGR gas is allowed to flow and the EGR passage includes an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall of at least one of the intake passage through which the EGR gas is allowed to flow and the EGR passage is provided with a heating film, and the EGR system further includes at least one pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode to energize the heating film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.