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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1995
Gordon W Brunson, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
There is provided a novel terminal bus and retainer for a multicellular converter, particularly a catalytic converter, which converter is characterized by an electrically heatable portion and a light-off portion. The electrically heatable portion includes flat thin metal strips as heater bands and flat thin metal bands not electrically heatable. A terminal bus and retainer is adapted to be connected to a voltage source and to the ends of the heater bands. A portion of the terminal bus and retainer may be used as a connector bus. The terminal bus and retainer also retains the thin metal foil elements in tightly spirally wound condition. These devices are especially useful in catalytic converters for automotive vehicles.