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Combined electrically heatable and light-off converter

US5456890A · kind A · utility

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31Claims
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Filing dateDec 9, 1993
Grant dateOct 10, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is provided an electrically heatable converter body including a multicellular metallic honeycomb characterized by a plurality of first thin metal strips and a plurality of second thin metal strips in layered alternating relation, and wherein the first thin metal strips have a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion, the leading edge portion of the first thin metal strips being longer than the trailing edge of said first thin metal strips.

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