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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul S Schmitt, Big Flats, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated., Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29890 ; 29509 ; 294551 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is method of manufacturing catalytic converters having a ceramic honeycomb surrounded by a supporting mat and located within a housing, comprising the following steps: (1) forming a cylindrical metal shell exhibiting a uniform curvature and having a lap joint exhibiting substantially the same curvature as the outer surface of the metal shell; (2) wrapping the honeycomb in a sufficient amount of supporting mat material and inserting the wrapped honeycomb into the metal shell; (3) compressively closing the metal shell around the wrapped honeycomb thereby, eating a substantially uniform compressive stress on the honeycomb by the supporting mat.