Abstract: A method for assembling an exhaust component includes providing a substrate assembly with a substrate body and a mat wrapped around the substrate body. A gauging system is used to determine a hoop stress for the substrate assembly and is used to predict a shrinking diameter for an outer shell that is to receive the substrate assembly based on the hoop stress.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2013
Assignee:
Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies LLC
Abstract: A nozzle for delivering fuel to an engine is disclosed which is profiled with adjoining converging and diverging sections to accelerate the flow of fuel to a supersonic rate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2000
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2004
Assignee:
Emissions Control Technology, LLC
Inventors:
Anatoli A. Borissov, James J. McCoy, Jr.