Exhaust system component
AssigneeFaurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Germany GmbH
InventorAlfred Blueml
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Abstract
An exhaust system component for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle comprises a substrate which is held in a substantially cylindrical housing. The cylindrical housing has a housing jacket which comprises a metal sheet bent about a cylinder axis. The ends of the metal sheet oriented in the circumferential direction relative to the cylinder axis form a joint connected with a weld seam. The weld seam is spaced apart from an inner surface of the housing jacket and the ends each have a bevel at least in sections.
Claims20
An exhaust system component, in particular catalytic converter or particle filter, for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a substrate which is held in a substantially cylindrical housing, wherein the cylindrical housing has a housing jacket which comprises a metal sheet bent about a cylinder axis, and wherein ends of the metal sheet oriented in a circumferential direction relative to the cylinder axis form a joint connected with a weld seam;
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- wherein the weld seam extends over less than 90% of a thickness of the metal sheet and wherein the weld seam is spaced apart from an inner surface of the housing jacket and the ends each have a bevel or stepped shape at least in sections, wherein the bevels or stepped shapes face each other within the joint.
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