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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Branik, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Daniel A Roulinson, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Gerald L Umin, New Boston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60299 ; 29890 ; 2989008 ; 181282 ;
Abstract
An exhaust treatment device for a motor vehicle includes upper and lower shells which are welded together to form inlet and outlet sections and a treatment section which may be occupied by a monolithic catalytic converter element. Inlet and outlet stubs which conduct exhaust gas into and out of the exhaust treatment device are joined to the device by means of generally hemispherical sockets formed integrally in the upper and lower shells and mating with hollow spherical sections incorporated in the inlet and outlet stubs.