Device for purifying exhaust gases of a motor vehicle and method for the production thereof

US7662204B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Emcon Technologies LLC · US

Inventors

• Erich Forster · Großaitingen, DE
• Peter Kroner · Birkenfeld, DE
• Otto Steinhauser · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/20
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A vehicle exhaust gas purification device has a multipart outer housing (10) including a tube (12) and end walls (14) that have been reshaped into funnels. The tube (12) and the end walls (14) are fitted into each other and brazed, soldered or welded to each other.