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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2010
Ray Willey, Redford, MI (US);
Bret A. Zimmerman, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
David J. Kubinski, Canton, MI (US);
Diana D. Brehob, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ray Willey, Redford, MI (US);
Bret A. Zimmerman, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
David J. Kubinski, Canton, MI (US);
Diana D. Brehob, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an emissions treatment device for an internal combustion engine includes disposing washcoated fibers between layers of a porous substrate to form multiple substantially parallel layers with a first group of layers at least partially open along the entire length of the layer. The porous substrate may be a stainless steel mesh with the method further including washcoating the substrate prior to disposing the washcoated fibers between the layers.