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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Kazushige Ohno, Gifu, JP;
Masafumi Kunieda, Gifu, JP;
Kazutake Ogyu, Gifu, JP;
Ibiden Co., Ltd, Gifu, JP;
Abstract
A honeycomb structured body of the present invention includes plural pillar-shaped honeycomb units which are bonded to one another through sealing material layers, each unit having in the longitudinal direction a large number of cells placed in parallel with a cell wall therebetween, wherein each honeycomb unit includes inorganic fibers and/or whiskers in addition to inorganic particles, a cross-sectional area of the honeycomb unit on a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is set to at least about 5 cmand at most about 50 cm, and a coefficient αof thermal expansion of the sealing material layer and a coefficient αof thermal expansion of the honeycomb unit satisfy the following relationship:about 0.01≦|α−α|/α≦about 1.0.