Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshinori OKI
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine provided with a forced-induction device. The engine includes an exhaust passage, a catalyst device having a substrate that supports a catalyst and configured such that the substrate generates heat when the substrate is energized, and a turbocharger including a turbine. The catalyst device and the turbine are disposed in the exhaust passage. The vehicle further includes a power supply, a cable that connects the power supply to the catalyst device and configured to supply electricity from the power supply to the substrate, a pipe for refrigerant that cools the turbocharger, and an engine compartment. The engine, power supply, cable, and pipe are disposed in the engine compartment. An intermediate portion of the cable is fixed to the pipe along the pipe.
Claims5
A vehicle, comprising:
- an engine provided with a forced-induction device, the engine including an exhaust passage, a catalyst device having a substrate that supports a catalyst and configured such that the substrate generates heat when the substrate is energized, and a turbocharger including a turbine, and the catalyst device and the turbine being disposed in the exhaust passage;
- a power supply;
- a cable that connects the power supply to the catalyst device, the cable configured to supply electricity from the power supply to the substrate;
- a pipe for refrigerant that cools the turbocharger;
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- an engine compartment, wherein
- the engine, the power supply, the cable, and the pipe are disposed in the engine compartment, and
- an intermediate portion of the cable is fixed to the pipe so as to extend along the pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.