Catalytic converter and pipe assembly
US6103202A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01N3/28
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A catalytic converter and pipe assembly having a catalytic converter which includes a housing and an attached housing end. The housing end has a substantially flat surface with an opening. Mounted to the substantially flat surface is a pipe with a diameter having first and second ends wherein exhaust gas flows through the opening into the pipe. The first end of the pipe has an irregular ovoid shape and a plane that is at an acute angle to the outer surface of the pipe in the direction of exhaust flow. The catalytic converter and pipe assembly is capable of achieving a change of exhaust flow direction in a space that is slightly larger than the diameter of the pipe.
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