Nixon Peabody LLP
Exhaust gas catalytic converter
The present invention is intended to ensure the improvement in catalytic performance of an exhaust gas catalytic converter, which is an essential performance thereof, ensure the thermal resistance thereof and downsize the converter, i.e., improve the arrangeability thereof. The exhaust gas catalytic converter has an upstream catalyst and a downstream catalyst which are arranged in upstream and downstream sides of an engine exhaust passage through which exhaust gas flows. Each of the upstream catalyst and the downstream catalyst contains an oxygen storage component. The oxygen storage component in the upstream catalyst has a structure in which Rh atoms are placed at or between crystal lattice points of a mixed oxide containing Ce and Zr and has a larger amount of oxygen storage than the oxygen storage component in the downstream catalyst under the same temperature conditions.
Mazda Motor Corporation
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Seiji Hiroshi Akihide
Miyoshi Yamada Takami