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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Sean Keidel, Jackson, MI (US);
Stephen Thomas, Laingsburg, MI (US);
Jeremy D. Popovich, Brooklyn, MI (US);
Jeffrey Broderick, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Samuel Hiss, Clarklake, MI (US);
Ryan Floyd, Mason, MI (US);
Collin Sullivan, Midland, MI (US);
Sean Keidel, Jackson, MI (US);
Stephen Thomas, Laingsburg, MI (US);
Jeremy D. Popovich, Brooklyn, MI (US);
Jeffrey Broderick, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Samuel Hiss, Clarklake, MI (US);
Ryan Floyd, Mason, MI (US);
Collin Sullivan, Midland, MI (US);
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
An injector mount system () is provided for mounting an injector () to an exhaust flow conduit () in an exhaust treatment system (). The injector () includes a housing () having an open end () that mounts an orifice/nozzle (). The injector mount system () includes a boss () fixed to the exhaust flow conduit (), and an end cap () of the injector () that is attached to the housing (), closing the open end () and securing the orifice/nozzle () in the open end (). The boss () and end cap () include mating flanges () that define a non-threaded connector for securing the injector () to the exhaust flow conduit (). The mating flange () of the end cap () being formed as a unitary part of the end cap (), and the mating flange () of the boss being a unitary part of the boss ().