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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. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60299 ; 422179 ; 422180 ;
Abstract
In a honeycomb catalytic converter having a metal case, a honeycomb catalyst mounted in the metal case, and a securing member used for mounting the honeycomb catalyst in the metal case and arranged between an outer surface of the honeycomb catalyst and an inner surface of the metal case, at lest one of an inlet portion and outlet portion of the honeycomb catalyst has a double cone structure in which an inner cylindrical member is arranged in the metal case. The honeycomb catalytic converter mentioned above can mount the honeycomb catalyst stably in the metal case for a long period of time even when exposed to high temperatures.