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US 2022/0106898 A1Published application
Emission treatment component support structure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDaniel Neville, Jonathan Mooney, Liam Maloney
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Abstract
An emission treatment component support structure for an exhaust system, the support structure comprising: an insulating layer configured to support a substrate of the emission treatment component within a housing; and one or more resistive metal elements provided at least partially within the insulating layer.
Claims13
An emission treatment component support structure for an exhaust system, the support structure comprising:
- an insulating layer configured to support a substrate of the emission treatment component within a housing;
- and
- one or more resistive metal elements provided at least partially within the insulating layer.
A method of heating an emission treatment component of an exhaust system, the method comprising:
- providing a support structure for the emission treatment component, the support structure comprising an insulating layer configured to support a substrate of the emission treatment component within a housing, and one or more resistive heating metal elements;
- and
- applying an electrical current through the one or more resistive metal elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.