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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Donald Stiles, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jerry Brian Hornback, Franklin, IN (US);
Assignee:
ArvinMeritor, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 7/18 ;
Abstract
A housing for an exhaust component having a longitudinal axis, an outer shell, an inner shell positioned within the outer shell, an expanding joint for permitting relative longitudinal movement of the inner and outer shells in response to temperature differences between the inner and outer shells, and an expanding joint for permitting relative circumferential movement of the inner and outer shells in response to temperature differences between the inner and outer shells.