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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 51/16 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/2853 (2013.01); F01N 2450/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for stuffing a monolith wrapped with a mounting mat into a housing includes the steps of radially elastically clamping the housing during stuffing at several locations, and compensating for at least one of a housing tolerance and a housing rotation through an elastic deformation of the housing caused by the clamping.