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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark D. Everly, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jeremy Ohse, St. Louis, MO (US);
David P. Culbertson, Bristol, WI (US);
Richard T. Williams, Genoa City, WI (US);
George Jambor, Burlington, WI (US);
Jacob Wilson, St. Charles, MO (US);
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A heating apparatus for an exhaust gas system, or a fluid flow system, is provided by the present disclosure. The heating apparatus has a container body and includes at least one heater element and a support member disposed inside the container body and configured for restricting movement of the at least one heater element in the container body. The support member defines a tortuous geometry and flanks opposed sides of the at least one insulated heater element along a majority of a length of the at least one insulated heater element, wherein the support member increases heat transfer from the at least one heater element to an exhaust gas flowing through the container body.