IP Library Granted Patent US 11,788,450
Granted Patent B2
US 11,788,450 · App. 17/451,352 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

TWC catalysts for gasoline engine exhaust gas treatments

Inventors: Paul Millington (Reading, GB); Maria C. Vlachou (Reading, GB)
Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
F01N3/101B01J23/002B01J23/10B01J23/42B01J23/44B01J23/464B01J37/038F01N2570/10F01N2570/12F01N2570/14
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Patent No.
US 11,788,450
App. No.
17/451,352
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with an axial length L; a first catalytic region comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) component supported on a first PGM support material, wherein the first PGM component comprises rhodium (Rh) and platinum (Pt); and wherein Pt and Rh has a weight ratio of at least 1:10.

Claims (20)

1. A catalytic article for treating exhaust gas emission from a gasoline engine comprising:

a substrate comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with an axial length L;

a first catalytic region comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) component supported on a first support material,

a second catalytic region comprising a second PGM component,

wherein the first PGM component comprises rhodium (Rh) and platinum (Pt);

wherein Pt and Rh has a weight ratio of at least 1:10;

wherein the first support material comprises a ceria-zirconia mixed oxide; and

wherein the ceria-zirconia mixed oxide comprises at least 35 wt. % CeO 2 .

2. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the first catalytic region further comprises a first inorganic oxide.

3. The catalytic article of claim 2 , wherein the first inorganic oxide is selected from the group consisting of alumina, magnesia, silica, lanthana, neodymia, praseodymia, yttria, and mixed oxides or composite oxides thereof.

4. The catalytic article of claim 2 , wherein Rh and Pt are not supported on the first inorganic oxide.

5. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the first catalytic region further comprises palladium (Pd).

6. The catalytic article of claim 5 , wherein Pd is supported on the first inorganic oxide.

7. The catalytic article of claim 6 , wherein Pd is not supported on the first support material.

8. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the ceria-zirconia mixed oxide comprises 35 wt. %-75 wt. % CeO 2 .

9. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the second catalytic region further comprises a second oxygen storage capacity (OSC) material, a second alkali or alkaline-earth metal component, and/or a second inorganic oxide.

10. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the second PGM component is selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, and a mixture thereof.

11. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein Pt and Rh have a weight ratio of at least 1:8.

12. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein Pt and Rh have a weight ratio of 10:1 to 1:10.

13. The catalytic article of claim 12 , wherein Pt and Rh have a weight ratio of 8:1 to 1:8.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 14, 2026
From: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
To: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 074703/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2021
From: MILLINGTON, PAUL; VLACHOU, MARIA
To: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 058323/0599 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63107479 · Oct 30, 2020
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