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US 12,607,140 B2Granted
Exhaust system and features thereof
AssigneeECC TEC MSJ Incorporated
InventorSaban Akyildiz
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Abstract
An exhaust system that includes a catalytic converter, selective catalytic reduction system, a muffler and, for certain applications, a diesel particulate filter that each include at least one filter that has an electric heating element, a metallic coating and a plurality of metal rods extending therethrough. The combination of elements are configured to heat the internal housings of the exhaust system and disrupt the direction of flow of exhaust gases which contain harmful toxic gases and pollutants and aid in removing and/or reducing said toxic gases and pollutants.
Claims8
A catalytic converter, comprising:
- a shell delimited at an inlet port and an outlet port;
- at least one heater positioned adjacent to the inlet port or the outlet port, the at least one heater includes a heating element that is removably received in the shell through an opening such that the entire heating element is removable through the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.