Title:
LEAF SPRING BRACKET
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/170143
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system for mounting a catalytic converter of an exhaust system to an internal combustion engine includes a bracket adapted to fix the catalytic converter to the engine. A strap is adapted to circumferentially extend about a portion of the catalytic converter and clamp the catalytic converter to the bracket. The bracket includes a seat, a mounting pad and a compliant portion interconnecting the seat and the mounting pad. The seat supports a portion of the catalytic converter opposite the strap. The compliant portion includes a slot extending adjacent to the seat to reduce the stiffness of the bracket and allow the bracket to deflect during thermal expansion of the catalytic converter.
Inventors:
RODECKER TROY P (US)
PORTER JASON R (US)
PORTER JASON R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/037301
Publication Date:
March 14, 2013
Filing Date:
May 10, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING (US)
RODECKER TROY P (US)
PORTER JASON R (US)
RODECKER TROY P (US)
PORTER JASON R (US)
International Classes:
F01N3/10; F01N3/28; F01N13/08
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008154564A1 | 2008-12-18 | |||
| WO2009118746A1 | 2009-10-01 |
Foreign References:
| JP2002021554A | 2002-01-23 | |||
| JP2010214354A | 2010-09-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WALKER, Donald G. et al. (Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.,P.O. Box 82, Bloomfield Hills MI, US)
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