Patents Examined by Tom P Duong
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Patent number: 11331613Abstract: A ceramic filter having a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure, wherein when observing a plurality of pores from a surface of partition walls with a laser microscope and plotting an equivalent circle diameter (?m) of each pore on an X-axis and a pore depth (?m) of each pore on a Y-axis on a two-dimensional coordinate system, a slope of a regression line (y/x) obtained by a least squares method in a range of 20?x?40 is 0 to 0.20, an average value of the pore depth of the plurality of pores is 2.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and a number density of the plurality of pores is 600/mm2 to 2450/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Kanetake, Shingo Tokuda, Shuji Ueda
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Patent number: 11319854Abstract: A catalytic device that can increase the durability of a catalyst support with holes is provided. A flat plate and a corrugated plate have a plurality of holes, a joint area between the flat plate and the corrugated plate is provided in a first upstream area including one end of a catalyst support, and a joint area between the catalyst support and an outer cylinder is provided in a second upstream area that includes the first upstream area and is wider than the first upstream area in the direction of an axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Hiroyuki Horimura, Kosaku Ito, Francois Jayat, Daiji Kawaguchi, Kazuhisa Maeda, Sven Seifert, Michael Voit
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Patent number: 11311845Abstract: A mixer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a mixer housing (40) with an inflow opening central axis (LE) and with an outflow opening (38). A first flow duct (48) following the inflow opening (24) in the mixer housing (40) and a second flow duct (50) lead parallel to one another to a third flow duct (54) and open into same. The third flow duct (54) leads to the outflow opening (38). The first flow duct (48) and the second flow duct (50) are provided between an outer wall (16) of the mixer housing (40) and a flow divider wall (36) enclosed by the outer wall (16), and the third flow duct (54) is enclosed by the flow divider wall (36).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Purem GmbHInventors: Fatih Uysal, Enver Kurpejovic
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Patent number: 11305257Abstract: A honeycomb structure comprising a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed so as to surround a plurality of cells, wherein let that A denotes an absolute value of open frontal area (%) in a plane of the honeycomb structure body orthogonal to the extending direction of the cells and P denotes an absolute value of porosity (%) of the partition wall, the honeycomb structure has a value represented by the following expression (1) that is 0.05 to 0.12, let that D denotes an average pore diameter (m) of the partition wall and G denotes a geometric surface area (mm2/mm3) of the partition wall, the honeycomb structure has a value represented by the following expression (2) that is 8 to 50 (?m×mm2/mm3), and the honeycomb structure has a hydraulic diameter of the cells that is 1.1 mm or more, (1?A/100)×(1?P/100),??Expression (1) D×G.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Shogo Hirose, Hirotaka Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11293317Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells and a plugging portion, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component thereof, porosity of the partition wall measured by a mercury press-in method is 55 to 65%, an average pore diameter of the partition wall measured by a mercury press-in method is 5 to 10 ?m, and in a pore diameter distribution indicating a cumulative pore volume of the partition wall measured by a mercury press-in method, with a pore diameter (?m) on an abscissa axis and a log differential pore volume (cm3/g) on an ordinate axis, a first peak including a maximum value of the log differential pore volume has a pore diameter value of 8 ?m or less, the pore diameter value corresponding to a ? value width of the maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiko Yoshioka, Nozomu Hirai, Kyohei Kato
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Patent number: 11280236Abstract: A honeycomb filter, including: a honeycomb structure, wherein the honeycomb structure includes a platinum group element-containing catalyst layer, the platinum group element-containing catalyst layer is disposed only on a side of an inner surface of the partition walls surrounding the inflow cells, and the platinum group element-containing catalyst layer is disposed in a range of at least up to 40% with respect to an overall length of the cells starting from the outflow end face and is not disposed in a range of at least up to 30% with respect to the overall length of the cells starting from the inflow end face, in an extending direction of the cells of the honeycomb structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiko Yoshioka, Yoshiaki Hatakeyama, Noritaka Masumitsu
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Patent number: 11280237Abstract: A honeycomb filter, including: a honeycomb structure, wherein the honeycomb structure includes a platinum group element-containing catalyst layer, the platinum group element-containing catalyst layer is disposed only on a side of an inner surface of the partition walls surrounding the outflow cells, and the platinum group element-containing catalyst layer is disposed in a range of at least up to 35% with respect to an overall length of the cells starting from the outflow end face and is not disposed in a range of at least up to 30% with respect to the overall length of the cells starting from the inflow end face, in an extending direction of the cells of the honeycomb structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiko Yoshioka, Yoshiaki Hatakeyama, Noritaka Masumitsu
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Patent number: 11274588Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells and a plugging portion, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component thereof, porosity of the partition wall measured by a mercury press-in method is 60 to 68%, an average pore diameter of the partition wall measured by a mercury press-in method is 19 to 26 ?m, and in a pore diameter distribution indicating a cumulative pore volume of the partition wall measured by a mercury press-in method, with a pore diameter (?m) on an abscissa axis and a log differential pore volume (cm3/g) on an ordinate axis, a first peak including a maximum value of the log differential pore volume has a pore diameter value of 18 ?m or less, the pore diameter value corresponding to a ? value width of the maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiko Yoshioka, Yuji Sasaki, Kimiko Kishine, Sachiko Ishida, Kyohei Kato
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Patent number: 11273409Abstract: Provided is a catalyst device that makes it possible to efficiently purify exhaust gas. A catalyst device that comprises: a carrier that is formed by stacking and rolling a metal-foil-shaped flat plate and a metal-foil-shaped corrugated plate and that carries a catalyst; and an outer cylinder that houses the carrier and supports the carrier such that one end part of the carrier is oriented toward an exhaust gas upstream side and another end part of the carrier is oriented toward an exhaust gas downstream side. The flat plate and the corrugated plate have a plurality of holes and are covered by a coating film that includes a catalyst substance. The coating film that covers the downstream side of the holes is thicker than the coating film that covers the upstream side of the holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Hiromitsu Takeda, Hiroyuki Horimura
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Patent number: 11266982Abstract: A substrate (11) of an exhaust gas purification catalyst (10) includes inflow-side cells (21), outflow-side cells (22), and porous partition walls (23), each porous partition wall separating the cells (21, 22) from each other. A first catalyst portions (14) is provided at least on a portion of a side of the partition wall (23) that faces the inflow-side cell (21), the portion being located on an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a second catalyst portion (15) is provided at least on a portion of a side of the partition wall that faces the outflow-side cell, the portion being located on a downstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Kurihara, Yu Sakurada, Yusuke Nagai, Yoshinori Endo, Takeshi Nabemoto, Shingo Akita
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Patent number: 11268432Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust system includes an exhaust gas treatment unit carried at a carrier. The carrier has a receiving opening (20), receiving the treatment unit, with a first sealing surface (28) enclosing the opening. The exhaust gas treatment unit has a second sealing surface (42), enclosing a treatment unit longitudinal axis, located opposite the first sealing surface. The exhaust gas treatment unit has a third sealing surface (44), enclosing the treatment unit longitudinal axis. A closing element (48), fixable with the exhaust gas treatment unit to the carrier, has a fourth sealing surface (50), located opposite the third sealing surface. A first sealing element (52) is arranged between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface. A second sealing element (54) is arranged between the third sealing surface and the fourth sealing surface. The first sealing element and the second sealing element are of identical configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: PUREM GMBHInventors: Peter Kast, Michael Dentler, Vincent Eder, Oliver Karabateas, Felix Neumann
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Patent number: 11247171Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a metal catalyst support including: transferring a plate member of the same size along a transfer unit; aligning the plate member so that a front portion of the plate member is located at a start point when the plate member reaches a set position; forming a corrugated plate by alternately forming a first corrugated portion and a second corrugated portion on the plate member which is aligned at the start point; and laminating the fabricated corrugated plates and the flat plates alternately in a case.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung Soo Kim, Tong Bok Kim
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Patent number: 11247173Abstract: A two-stage mixer may include a guiding element and a mixing element. The guiding element may be configured to be fixedly mounted to an interior of an exhaust conduit. The mixing element may be configured to be fixedly mounted to the interior of the exhaust conduit in a position downstream from the guiding element. The mixing element may include a central disk, a plurality of mounting arms extending radially from the central disk, and a plurality of blades extending radially from the central disk. At least one mounting arm of the plurality of mounting arms may include a fin extending therefrom, and at least one blade of the plurality of blades may include a fin extending therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Yung T. Bui, Srinivasa Perumal Velu
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Patent number: 11242790Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a housing having an inlet portion and an outlet portion that are connected to each other with a channel portion. An inlet baffle is positioned at the inlet portion and an outlet baffle is positioned at the outlet portion. The inlet and outlet baffles are non-concentric. An injector housing is attached to the housing downstream of the inlet baffle and a spray guide is mounted within the injector housing. The spray guide has a spray inlet and a spray outlet that directs spray into the channel portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control TechnologiesInventors: Chris Chapman, Philip M. Dimpelfeld, Syed Saleem Quadri, Aejaz Ahmed
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Patent number: 11215096Abstract: An electrical heater and method for heating a catalyst. The heater includes a honeycomb body having intersecting walls forming channels extending along a longitudinal axis. A plurality of electrically resistive paths are included, each including at least a portion of the plurality of intersecting walls and extending a length across the honeycomb body transverse to the longitudinal axis. A positive electrode and a negative electrode are in electrical communication with each other via the resistive paths. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are operatively positioned to generate a respective flow of current through each resistive path. The lengths of at least two of the resistive paths differ from each other. The resistive paths are configured with respect to the at least one positive electrode and the at least one negative electrode such that the current in each of the resistive paths is substantially equal.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Thomas Adam Collins, Tushar Gulati, David Robert Heine
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Patent number: 11213778Abstract: Disclosed is a honeycomb filter for collecting fine particles that includes a wall portion formed from a base material containing ceria-zirconia composite oxide and an inorganic binder. The wall portion has a gas permeability coefficient of 1.0 ?m2 or greater and 3.0 ?m2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinnosuke Goto
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Patent number: 11213781Abstract: A honeycomb body having intersecting porous walls which includes first through fourth cells, wherein the cells extend from inlet to outlet face and are plugged to define a repeating structural unit with three inlets and one outlet channel. Repeating structural unit includes a first channel including length L1, width W2, and area A1, a second channel including length L2, the width W2, and area A2, a third channel including the length L1, width W1, and area A3, and a fourth channel including the length L2, the width W1, and A4, wherein the first through third channels are inlets and the fourth channel is a rectangular outlet and at least one of W1?W2 and L1?L2, i.e. W1?W2, or L1?L2, or W1?W2 and L1?L2. Repeating structural unit has a quadrilateral outer perimeter. Particulate filters including the honeycomb body, honeycomb extrusion dies, and methods of manufacturing the honeycomb body are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Pushkar Tandon
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Patent number: 11207667Abstract: A vehicular exhaust filter (2) comprising a porous substrate having an inlet face and an outlet face with the porous substrate comprising inlet channels extending from the inlet face and outlet channels extending from the outlet face is disclosed. The inlet channels and the outlet channels are separated by a plurality of filter walls having a porous structure. The vehicular exhaust filter (2) is loaded with a refractory powder having a tapped density before loading of less than 0.10 g/cm3 and the vehicular exhaust filter has a mass loading of the refractory powder of less than 10 g/l.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Peter Bellham, Andrew Chiffey, Lucy Clowes, Thomas Hotchkiss, David Marvell, John Turner, Sarah Warren
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Patent number: 11208932Abstract: Provided is a catalyst device that can equalize the strength of a carrier in the direction of the flow of exhaust gas. According to the present invention, a flat plate and a corrugated plate have a plurality of holes. When the flat plate and the corrugated plate are in a flat state before being made into a carrier, the plurality of holes form: a plurality of first rows that run along a first direction that is parallel to the axial direction of the carrier; and a plurality of second rows that run along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. As seen from the second direction, the holes in one second row and the holes in the other second row of adjacent second rows have portions that overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Hiroyuki Horimura, Toshiaki Kimura
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Patent number: 11208931Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present invention, a substrate includes inflow-side cells, outflow-side cells, and porous partition walls, each partition wall separating the inflow-side cell from the outflow-side cell. Catalyst portions include: first catalyst portions, each first catalyst portion being provided on a surface of the partition wall that faces the inflow-side cell on an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and second catalyst portions, each second catalyst portion being provided on a surface of the partition wall that faces the outflow-side cell on a downstream side, and the exhaust gas purifying catalyst satisfies the following expressions: IB1/IA×100?60%, IB2/IA×100?60%, IC1/IA×100?3%, and IC2/IA×100?3%, where IA, IB1, IB2, IC1, and IC2 represent pore volumes, definitions of which can be found in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Kurihara, Yusuke Nagai, Shingo Akita, Yoshinori Endo, Takeshi Mori, Takayuki Watanabe, Tomoko Tsuyama