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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Vehicle exhaust system component having an insulating heat shield assembly with encapsulated pockets
Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa, Llc, Columbus, IN (US);
Robin Willats, Columbus, IN (US);
Jerome Brian Hornback, Indianapolis, IN (US);
John G. Rohde, Columbus, IN (US);
Thibaut Contremoulins, Belfort, FR;
Maria Saur, Augsburg, DE;
Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC, Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An exhaust component assembly includes a heat shield and a mounting structure to attach the heat shield to an outer housing of an exhaust component. The mounting structure includes a primary insulator located between an outer surface of the outer housing and an inner surface of the heat shield, and at least one secondary insulator positioned adjacent the primary insulator. The primary insulator comprises a sheet of material including at least one encapsulated insulating cavity.