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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Slater Kent Atkins, Pembroke, VA (US);
Thomas William Brew, Corning, NY (US);
Darin Wayne Felty, Elliston, VA (US);
Tushar Gulati, Painted Post, NY (US);
Min Shen, Horseheads, NY (US);
Mark Allen Spetseris, Pine City, NY (US);
Eric Lee Thompson, Livonia, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A honeycomb extrusion die assembly () comprising a honeycomb extrusion die () and a forming plate () to block batch flow to at least a portion of a skin forming region. The honeycomb extrusion die () comprising a step cut discharge surface () in the skin forming region and at least some slots () each with a divot () spaced toward a discharge surface () from a feedhole-slot intersection and a wide portion at the discharge surface () extending into the die body to the divot () to strengthen a peripheral region of a honeycomb extrudate in a reinforcement region, and a bulk nominal section corresponding to a bulk region of the honeycomb body.