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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Satyadeo Narain Sinha, Canton, MI (US);
Charles Bryant Porter, Howell, MI (US);
Satyadeo Narain Sinha, Canton, MI (US);
Charles Bryant Porter, Howell, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A support seal for use with a catalytic converter having a housing, which includes an inlet end cone, an outlet end cone, and a shell forming an internal chamber, and catalytic substrate disposed within the internal chamber. The support seal has an 'L' shaped cross-section including a radial portion and an axial portion, at least one portion for supporting and retaining the catalytic substrate within the internal chamber. The axial and radial portion of the 'L' shaped seal can be preloaded to provide support to the substrate in the axial and radial directions.