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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:
Oct. 12, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Minoru Midorikawa, Koganei, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422179 ; 60299 ; 422177 ; 422180 ;
Abstract
A catalytic converter comprises a monolithic catalyst within a casing, a gas seal member disposed around a part of the catalyst outer surface, a wire netting disposed around the remaining part of the catalyst outer surface and interposed between the casing inner surface and the catalyst outer surface, a protector member interposed between the casing inner surface and the gas seal member outer surface, the protector member being securely connected to the wire netting, thereby preventing the gas seal member from being damaged due to contact thereof with the converter casing during assembly of the catalytic converter.