The Korteweg–de Vries (KdV)-type bilinear equations always allow 2-soliton solutions. In this paper, for a general KdV-type bilinear equation, we interpret how the so-called extended homoclinic orbit solutions arise from a special case of its 2-soliton solution. Two properties of bilinear derivatives are developed to deal with bilinear equation deformations. A non-integrable (3+1)-dimensional bilinear equation is employed as an example.
