Patent · US Expired

Honeycomb body with internal leading edges, in particular a catalyst body for motor vehicles

US5045403A · kind A · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Maus · Bensberg, DE
Helmut Swars · Bensberg, DE
Ludwig Wieres · Overath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 1990
Grant date	Sep 3, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24149
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A honeycomb body, especially a catalyst carrier body, includes at least partly structured metal sheets forming walls of a plurality of channels through which a fluid can flow. Some of the sheets have a primary corrugation with crests, troughs and a given corrugation height. The crests and/or the troughs having a plurality of inverted regions with a height being at most equal to the given corrugation height and preferably between 1/3 and 2/3 of the given corrugation height.

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