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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1981
Junji Otani, Ohmiya, JP;
Yasuo Ikenoya, Kawagoe, JP;
Kanau Iwashita, Sakato, JP;
Kazuo Fujiwara, Hatoyama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A catalytic converter effective to prevent damage or breakage of a catalytic element for improved durability. A catalytic element is housed in a casing and a pair of first and second end members are fitted into the opposite end portions of the casing so as to support the opposite end portions of the catalytic element via first and second end cushions. The first and second end cushions have, when in a free state, a rectangular cross section and inner diameters gradually increasing toward the catalytic element. The first and second cushions are compressed, when the catalytic converter is assembled, by the first and second end members to be fitted and held at their respective inner end portions between the inner circumferential surface of the casing and the outer circumferential surfaces of opposite end portions of the catalytic element.