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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Dave Michael Thaler, Mossville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Dave Michael Thaler, Mossville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/00 (2006.01); B01D 35/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exhaust treatment device is provided for a power system. The exhaust treatment device has an inlet module, a filter module, an outlet module, and a clamping element. The filter has a housing with at least one submerged flange. At least one of the inlet and the outlet modules also have at least one submerged flange. The clamping element is configured to engage the at least one submerged flange of the filter module and the at least one submerged flange of the at least one of the inlet and the outlet modules to connect the filter module to the at least one of the inlet and outlet modules.