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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:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A Whittenberger, Leavittsburg, OH (US);
David Thomas Sheller, Garrettsville, OH (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219552 ; 60300 ; 55DI / ; 422174 ; 422180 ;
Abstract
An electrically heatable converter body formed of thin metal core elements and a housing. The thin metal core elements have a distal end and a proximal end. The distal ends are secured to the housing, and at least some, preferably all, of the proximal ends are free of attachment to any rigid member.