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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Ralph Foster, Columbiaville, MI (US);
Scott Christopher Blanchet, Bethel, CT (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/392 ; F01N 3/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/392 ; F01N 3/28 ;
Abstract
A catalytic converter of the type having an inlet plenum between a converter inlet and an axial inlet face of a substrate and an outlet plenum between a converter outlet and an axial outlet face of the substrate, wherein a first axial length of the inlet plenum is in a range of 20-40% of the first axial length of the inlet plenum summed with a second axial length of the outlet plenum to minimize flow resistance in said catalytic converter.