Patent 7914748 was granted and assigned to Toyota on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An exhaust purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine purifying exhaust gas by removing SOx from the exhaust gas is provided. In the exhaust purification apparatus provided with sulfur oxide trapping material for trapping sulfur oxides exhausted from an internal combustion engine, aggregates of the sulfur oxide trapping material (41) are arranged able to contact the exhaust gas in spaces (44) separated by partitions comprised of a porous material (42) having permeability.