Electrically heatable catalytic converter

US12246286B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Sven Schepers · Troisdorf, DE
• Peter Hirth · Rösrath, DE
• Thomas Härig · Eppstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2022
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An electrically heatable catalytic converter with a metal honeycomb body, the honeycomb body being formed by a plurality of wound metal foils and the honeycomb body being received in a casing tube, a device for electrically contacting at least individual foils being led into the casing tube through an opening in the casing tube, the device being formed by an electrode which is electrically insulated from the inside of the casing tube by a connecting layer and mechanically connected to the casing tube.