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Insulated composite heat shield for vehicle exhaust system

US10927744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

26Claims

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Assignee

Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC · US

Inventors

Robin Willats · Columbus, US
Jerome Brian Hornback · Greenwood, US
Jeffery Prairie · Franklin, US
John Rohde · Columbus, US
Thibaut Contremoulins · Belfort, FR
Maria Saur · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2017
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust component assembly includes a heat shield formed from a composite material and a mounting structure that attaches the heat shield to an outer housing of an exhaust component. The mounting structure comprises an insulator located between an outer surface of the outer housing an inner surface of the heat shield. A method of assembling the composite heat shield to the outer housing of the exhaust component assembly is also disclosed.

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