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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Yasuo Kinoshita, Aichi-gun, JP;
Tatsuo Iida, Anjo, JP;
Tadashi Takagaki, Toyota, JP;
Hideji Naito, Tajimi, JP;
Gozo Kaji, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Shimoda, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuo Kinoshita, Aichi-gun, JP;
Tatsuo Iida, Anjo, JP;
Tadashi Takagaki, Toyota, JP;
Hideji Naito, Tajimi, JP;
Gozo Kaji, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Shimoda, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
An electrically-heated catalyst is disclosed. The catalyst may include a carrier; more than two comb-shaped electrode portions extending in a longitudinal direction; an electrically conductive underlying layer provided between the carrier and the comb-shaped electrode portions; and more than two electrically conductive fixing layers bonding to at least one of the comb-shaped electrode portions and to the underlying layer to fix the comb-shaped electrode portions to the carrier at more than two points spaced apart.