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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ulrich E. Kunze, Juechen, DE;
Lahoussaine Lalouch, Noyon, FR;
Claus Middendorf, Neuss, DE;
Harald H. Krieg, Neuss, DE;
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a mounting mat for mounting a pollution control device in a catalytic converter, the mounting mat comprising a non-woven mat of inorganic fibers having distributed therein inorganic particles having an average diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm and wherein the mounting mat is free of organic binder or contains organic binder in an amount of not more than 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the mounting mat. The invention further relates to a pollution control device including the mounting mat and to a method of making the mounting mat.