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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
Carsten Kruse, Lohmar, DE;
Emitec Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH, Lohmar, DE;
Abstract
A catalytic converter configuration for an exhaust gas system of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, in particular an Otto engine, and first and second feed lines guiding exhaust gases to the catalytic converter, includes a substantially rotationally symmetrical honeycomb body having first and second passage lines at least approximately gas-tightly closed off relative to each other and a plurality of passages in each passage line connecting intake and outlet ends of the honeycomb body. The first and second feed lines are respectively connected to the first and second passage lines at the intake end. The first passage line is disposed substantially coaxially in the interior of the second passage line and the hydraulic diameters of the first and second passage lines are approximately equal.