Electrically heating converter and electrically heating support

Abstract

An electrically heating converter includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure made of conductive ceramics, including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; metal electrodes; conductive connecting portions arranged on a surface of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; and a pressing member configured to press the metal electrodes against the conductive connecting portions, so that the metal electrodes are electrically connected to the pillar shaped honeycomb structure. Each of the conductive connecting portions has an electrical resistivity lower than that of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.