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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:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Mondt, Pontiac, MI (US);
Ricky P Schacher, Flint, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ; F01N / ; B01D / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422179 ; 422180 ; 422221 ; 422222 ; 422311 ; 55475 ; 55491 ; 55496 ; 55517 ;
Abstract
A monolithic catalytic converter has a two-piece slip pin that extends through a monolithic substrate and is connected at its opposite ends to the housing so as to retain the substrate therein while freely allowing differential thermal expansion between the slip pin and the housing to accommodate thermal mismatch between these components.