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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd., Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Takayanagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Toshihiro Ooka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Noritaka Yamamoto, Wako, JP;
Kazumasa Ishii, Wako, JP;
Yoshiaki Hatakeyama, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A catalytic converter includes: a tubular casing including at least a pair of holding tubular parts and a reduced diameter tubular part that integrally connects the holding tubular parts to each other; and a monolithic catalyst carrier accommodated in each of the holding tubular parts, the reduced diameter tubular part being obtained by press-forming a portion, between the holding tubular parts, of a casing material of a tubular shape that corresponds to that of the holding tubular parts. Flat parts are formed respectively in a plurality of places at intervals in a peripheral direction of the reduced diameter tubular part, a sensor being attached to at least one of the flat parts. Accordingly, a press load when press-forming the reduced diameter tubular part is suppressed from becoming large and unequal in the peripheral direction of the reduced diameter tubular part.