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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Nobuya Tomosue, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadashi Sakane, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuya Tomosue, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadashi Sakane, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Nichias Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 (2006.01); F16L 9/10 (2006.01); F16L 11/04 (2006.01); F16L 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a holding material for a catalytic converter including a catalyst carrier, a metal casing for receiving the catalyst carrier, and the holding material wound around the catalyst carrier and interposed in a gap between the catalyst carrier and the metal casing, in which the holding material includes an inorganic fiber substrate and a viscoelastic layer formed at least on a casing side surface of the inorganic fiber substrate and having a Young's modulus at 25° C. of 0.3 MPa or less.