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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Keita Hashimoto, Toyota, JP;
Masaru Kakinohana, Toyota, JP;
Takeo Kobayashi, Toyota, JP;
Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Handa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kasai, Kasugai, JP;
Tadato Ito, Komaki, JP;
Keita Hashimoto, Toyota, JP;
Masaru Kakinohana, Toyota, JP;
Takeo Kobayashi, Toyota, JP;
Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Handa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kasai, Kasugai, JP;
Tadato Ito, Komaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Abstract
To provide a catalytic converter that reduces non-uniformity of temperature of a catalyst support and that can approach a uniform temperature distribution, and a structural body for supporting a catalyst that structures this catalytic converter. At a catalyst support, gradually decreasing width portions, at which a width thereof gradually decreases toward electrode centers, are formed at regions where electrodes, are contactingly disposed, as seen in a cross-section orthogonal to a direction in which exhaust flows. The width is shorter than a length of a center line at a given position. Heat generation and heat dissipation of the catalyst support are balanced overall.