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US 7,451,849 B1Granted
Substantially fibrous exhaust screening system for motor vehicles
AssigneeGEO2 Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBilal Zuberi, Robert G. Lachenauer
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Abstract
An exhaust gas pollution treatment device, having an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe with an exhaust path extending between the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe. A gas permeable backbone member is positioned in the exhaust path and a substantially fibrous nonwoven refractory material is disposed on the backbone.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising an exhaust gas treatment system, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine defining an exhaust source;
- a first fluid conduit portion;
- a second fluid conduit portion;
- a gas permeable backbone member fluidically connected between the first and second conduit portions;
- and
- a substantially fibrous nonwoven refractory material disposed on the backbone.
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A method for manufacturing a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a) providing a vehicle having an internal combustion engine;
- b) defining an exhaust path extending between the internal combustion engine and the atmosphere;
- and
- c) placing an exhaust gas pollution treatment device in the exhaust path;
- wherein the exhaust gas pollution treatment device further comprises:
- a gas permeable backbone member positioned in the exhaust path;
- and
- a substantially fibrous nonwoven refractory material disposed on the backbone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.