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Exhaust gas system unit

US12140061B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Tenneco GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sascha Vollmer · Edenkoben, DE
Andreas Lang · Ettringen, DE
Daniel Trzebinski · Edenkoben, DE
Wladimir Rikow · Edenkoben, DE
Aaron Manley · Edenkoben, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01N2610/14
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas sub-system for an internal combustion engine, having a catalytic converter with an inlet section for introducing an exhaust gas flow into the outer housing and having a feed line for secondary gas, the feed line having an inflow element at the end, which opens at the inlet section, the outer housing has an inlet opening for exhaust gas, an external heating element for heating the secondary gas and for generating hot gas being provided in the feed line upstream of the inflow element, at least one inflow opening in the outer housing being assigned to the inflow element, via which hot gas can be fed into the inlet section.

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