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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Ngk Insulators Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Hirofumi Sakamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Okada, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiro Hirakawa, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including: a plurality of honeycomb segments each having porous partition walls, and plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of the predetermined cells; joining portions in which the plurality of honeycomb segments are joined; and an outer peripheral wall, and having: an aspect ratio (a long axis/a short axis) of 1.2 or more, wherein corners which are regions of the joining portions in the region of 10 mm or less from each intersection between the joining portion and the outer peripheral wall along a direction of the short axis are present in the region of 25 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the joining portions is 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the other joining portions is 1.5 mm or less.