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Mixing pipe arrangement with housing

US10072550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tenneco GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Gehrlein · Rheinzabern, DE
Frank Terres · Frankeneck, DE
Andreas Lang · Ettringen, DE
Gert Muller · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2014
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01N2610/00
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A mixer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine for mixing additives into an exhaust gas flow, with at least one inlet pipe having a pipe axis, with at least one outlet pipe having a pipe axis and with a housing for receiving the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, wherein the outlet pipe has an inner part which is arranged within the housing and is provided with at least one outflow opening for the purpose of conducting the exhaust gas out of the housing, wherein the housing has a first housing part with a first housing edge and at least one second housing part with a second housing edge, wherein the two housing parts are at least partially connected via the housing edge, and in that the inlet pipe has an inner part which is arranged within the housing and is provided with at least one inlet opening for the purpose of introducing the exhaust gas into the housing, wherein a) the respective housing edge as at least two formations, each having a center axis, and/or b) the respective housing part has at least two rim holes, each having a center axis, and the respective pipe has bearing points via which said pipe is mounted within the formations or within the rim holes, wher…

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