Abstract: Supporting structure having a first side surface and a second, opposite side surface, wherein the supporting structure has an electrical insulation which prevents an electrical current flow from the first side surface to the second side surface; wherein, furthermore, the supporting structure comprises at least one web which bridges or encloses a cross-sectional area, and wherein the supporting structure has a plurality of first pins and second pins which extend on both sides of the cross-sectional area.

Abstract: Supporting structure having a first side surface and a second, opposite side surface, wherein the supporting structure has an electrical insulation which prevents an electrical current flow from the first side surface to the second side surface; wherein, furthermore, the supporting structure comprises at least one web which bridges or encloses a cross-sectional area, and wherein the supporting structure has a plurality of first pins and second pins which extend on both sides of the cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A catalyst carrier body includes at least one housing, a honeycomb body and a passivation layer which includes a multiplicity of separate crystal agglomerations with an averaged height lying in the range of 0.3 to 1.5 ?m. Various production methods are proposed which are suitable, in particular, for producing such catalyst carrier bodies. Thus, the formation of the passivation layer takes place by the blending and/or mixing of an adhesive with a passivating substance and subsequently applying the adhesive, or by roughening a region using a blast-cutting manufacturing method with corundum particles being employed as the blasting medium. A barrier is thereby provided in a very simple and cost-effective way which, for example during the formation of brazed connections, prevents the then liquid brazing material from being distributed beyond the desired tying regions as a result of capillary effects.

Abstract: An exhaust gas filter for cleaning an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes at least one strip-shaped filter layer made of a material through which a fluid can at least partly flow. The filter layer has a length in a longitudinal direction and a width in a transverse direction. The filter layer has a metallic reinforcing region at least in a partial region. The metallic reinforcing region has a width and a length. The width of the reinforcing region is less than the width of the filter layer and/or the length of the reinforcing region is less than the length of the filter layer. A method for producing a filter layer for an exhaust gas filter is also provided.

Abstract: A catalyst carrier body includes at least one housing, a honeycomb body and a passivation layer which includes a multiplicity of separate crystal agglomerations with an averaged height lying in the range of 0.3 to 1.5 ?m. Various production methods are proposed which are suitable, in particular, for producing such catalyst carrier bodies. Thus, the formation of the passivation layer takes place by the blending and/or mixing of an adhesive with a passivating substance and subsequently applying the adhesive, or by roughening a region using a blast-cutting manufacturing method with corundum particles being employed as the blasting medium. A barrier is thereby provided in a very simple and cost-effective way which, for example during the formation of brazed connections, prevents the then liquid brazing material from being distributed beyond the desired tying regions as a result of capillary effects.

Abstract: An exhaust gas filter for cleaning an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes at least one strip-shaped filter layer made of a material through which a fluid can at least partly flow. The filter layer has a length in a longitudinal direction and a width in a transverse direction. The filter layer has a metallic reinforcing region at least in a partial region. The metallic reinforcing region has a width and a length. The width of the reinforcing region is less than the width of the filter layer and/or the length of the reinforcing region is less than the length of the filter layer. A method for producing a filter layer for an exhaust gas filter is also provided.