Exhaust Treatment Component Mounting System
AssigneeTenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
InventorJohn Stanavich
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Abstract
An exhaust treatment component mounting system including an exhaust treatment component canister that includes a cleat ring, and an exhaust treatment component housing including a radially outwardly extending flange. A torsion rod including a first end that mates with the flange of the housing, and a second end including a coupling that mates with the cleat ring, wherein during connection between the first end and the second end of the torsion rod, the canister is rigidly secured to the housing.
Claims22
An exhaust treatment component mounting system, comprising:
- an exhaust treatment component canister including a first substrate brick, the canister including a cleat ring;
- an exhaust treatment component housing including a second substrate brick, the housing including a radially outwardly extending flange;
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- a tension device including a first rod and a second rod, the first rod having a first end that mates with the flange of the housing, the second rod having a first end including a retainer that mates with the cleat ring, and second ends of the first and second rods being threadingly interconnected,
- wherein during interconnection between first and second rods, the canister is rigidly secured to the housing.
An exhaust treatment component mounting system, comprising:
- an exhaust treatment component canister, the canister including a cleat ring about a circumference thereof;
- an exhaust treatment component housing including a radially outwardly extending flange about at least a portion thereof;
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- a coupling including a retainer, a first rod, and a second rod, a first end of the first rod being coupled to the flange of the housing and a first end of the second rod being coupled to the retainer, and second ends of the first and second rods being threadingly interconnected
- wherein relative rotation between the first rod and the second rod engages the retainer with the cleat ring to rigidly secure the canister to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.