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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Gaysert, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422179 ; 138112 ; 422180 ;
Abstract
In an internal combustion engine, a catalytic converter is elastically mounted within a tubular housing in the radial and axial directions by hollow rings. The hollow rings are located at each end of the catalytic converter and are formed, at least in part, of a thin metal foil skin or shell enclosing an elastic material such as a wire mesh or a fibrous ceramic material. Various shapes of hollow rings can be used, for instance, a single L-shaped ring can provide both radial and axial mounting at one end of a catalytic converter or a pair of oval-shaped hollow rings can be employed at one end with one ring providing radial mounting and the other ring affording axial mounting.