DIRECTED SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY INTO THE EXHAUST TRACT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

A device for supplying a quantity of secondary air into the exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine, having a flow path which is arranged downstream of the gas outlet of the internal combustion engine in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, having an injection device which is designed to supply a quantity of secondary air at a supply point into the flow path. The supply of the secondary air takes place upstream of a first honeycomb body), the secondary air being introduced into the flow section through an injection pipe of the injection device, the injection pipe being arranged outside the flow section and opening into the flow section.