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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:
Nov. 20, 1979
Filed:
May. 05, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422114 ; 422115 ; 422171 ; 422180 ; 422181 ;
Abstract
A catalytic converter for purifying the exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, wherein a plurality of catalytic layers are arrayed in series and spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other, and bypass paths are provided in such a way that except for the last catalytic layer, a part of the exhaust gases may bypass each catalytic layer without making contact therewith and may directly flow into the next catalytic layer.