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US 5,028,397 AGranted
Catalytic converter
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorRichard P. Merry
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Abstract
A catalytic converter utilizing a resilient, flexible shot-free ceramic fiber containing mounting mat for mounting a monolith within a metallic casing is disclosed. The mounting mat may be comprised of shot-free ceramic fibers alone or preferably is comprised of a composite of shot-free ceramic fibers in combination with an intumescent sheet material.
Claims3
A resilient, flexible, fibrous mat of shot-free ceramic fibers having a stitchbonded compressed thickness in the range of 4 to 25 mm and a density of about 0.25 to about 0.50 g/cm.sup.3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.