(19)
(11) EP 1 227 238 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/31

(21) Application number: 01130436.7

(22) Date of filing: 20.12.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02G 1/055, A61F 2/76
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.01.2001 JP 2001019120
29.01.2001 JP 2001020637

(71) Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Asai, Masahiro, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Ban, Masaki, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)

(74) Representative: Liska, Horst, Dr.-Ing. et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) Heating device for external combustion engine


(57) The invention provides a heating device for an external combustion engine, which is capable of improving stabilization of combustion in a control state with a relatively small quantity of heat and the property of an exhaust gas, and realizing long-time operation of the external combustion engine.
To achieve this, a heating device 14 for an external combustion engine includes: a combustion housing 25 provided so as to surround a heating portion 11 of an external combustion engine E; an fuel-air mixer 27 provided at one end of the combustion housing 25 and an exhaust pipe 28 provided at the other end of the combustion housing 25; and an oxidation catalyst 26, disposed in the combustion housing 25, for accelerating combustion of a fuel-air mixture of a fuel and air supplied through the fuel-air mixer 27.






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