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Exhaust gas treatment component

US7918914B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Hans Sudmanns · Friedrichshafen, DE
Claudia Weigel · Friedrichshafen, DE
Guido Schäffner · Ravensburg, DE
Dirk Bergmann · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2008
Grant date	Apr 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49345
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In an exhaust gas treatment component with a ceramic body for the purification of exhaust gases and a method for making such a component, the ceramic body is disposed in a sheet metal housing consisting of a housing base from which housing sections extend which are hinged to the housing base by webs and which form together a tubular slotted housing part surrounding the ceramic body, the housing sections being tiltable outwardly about the webs for facilitating insertion of the ceramic body into the housing.

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