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Exhaust gas filter

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1985-01-28
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Granted: 1987-03-24
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Expires: 2005-01-28
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Abstract

Abstract An exhaust gas filter for diesel particulates, comprising a row of a plurality of channels of honeycomb structure of porous sintered ceramic fiber composite sheet, the ceramic fiber composite sheet being produced by a paper-forming method from a slurry of alumino-silicate fiber and fire clay. The honeycomb structure of the ceramic fiber composite sheet is formed by stacking plane sheets and corrugated sheets one atop the other. The filter exhibits low pressure drop yet highly efficient operation by having a bulk density of the ceramic fiber composite sheet in the range of 0.1 g/cm3 to 0.8 g/cm3.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takao Kusuda
  • 👤 Toshihiro Mihara
  • 👤 Masaaki Yonemura
  • 👤 Satoshi Kuwano

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 22:51
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/0218; B; B01; B01D; B01D39/00; B01D39/14; B01D39/20; B01D39/2068; B01D39/2082; B01D39/2086; B01D46/00; B01D46/10; B01D46/12; C; C04; C04B; C04B38/00; C04B38/008; C04B38/0083; F01N3/022; F01N3/0222; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/06; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 86 words
An exhaust gas filter for removing diesel particulates comprising a honeycomb of porous sintered ceramic fiber composite sheets, said honeycomb having a plurality of channels with alternate ends of said channels closed, said ceramic fiber composite sheets having a bulk density of from 0.1 to 0.8 g/cm 3 and consisting of from 40 wt. % to 96 wt. % ceramic fiber having a mean diameter of from 1 to 20/μm together with and from 60 wt. % to 4 wt. % of a fire clay binder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 86 words
An exhaust gas filter for removing diesel particulates comprising a honeycomb of porous sintered ceramic fiber composite sheets, said honeycomb having a plurality of channels with alternate ends of said channels closed, said ceramic fiber composite sheets having a bulk density of from 0.1 to 0.8 g/cm 3 and consisting of from 40 wt. % to 96 wt. % ceramic fiber having a mean diameter of from 1 to 20/μm together with and from 60 wt. % to 4 wt. % of a fire clay binder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 157 words
An exhaust gas filter for removing particulates entrained in the exhaust gas from a diesel engine, said filter comprising a stack of plane porous sintered ceramic fiber sheets and corrugated porous sintered ceramic fiber sheets arranged in alternating fashion and stacked one atop the other, the stack defining a plurality of exhaust gas conducting channels between the corrugated and plane sheets which are provided with closing members at alternating ends such that incoming exhaust gas passes into the ends of the open channels to it, is transmitted through the pores of the ceramic sheets and exits through the adjacent open outlet channel, each of the ceramic sheets having a bulk density of from 0.1 to 0.8 g/cm 3 and consisting of from 40 wt. % to 96 wt. % of ceramic fiber having a mean diameter of from 1 to 10 μm together with from 60 wt. % to 4 wt. % of a fire clay binder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 157 words
An exhaust gas filter for removing particulates entrained in the exhaust gas from a diesel engine, said filter comprising a stack of plane porous sintered ceramic fiber sheets and corrugated porous sintered ceramic fiber sheets arranged in alternating fashion and stacked one atop the other, the stack defining a plurality of exhaust gas conducting channels between the corrugated and plane sheets which are provided with closing members at alternating ends such that incoming exhaust gas passes into the ends of the open channels to it, is transmitted through the pores of the ceramic sheets and exits through the adjacent open outlet channel, each of the ceramic sheets having a bulk density of from 0.1 to 0.8 g/cm 3 and consisting of from 40 wt. % to 96 wt. % of ceramic fiber having a mean diameter of from 1 to 10 μm together with from 60 wt. % to 4 wt. % of a fire clay binder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
The exhaust gas filter according to claim 2 wherein the filter is in the form of a rolled cylinder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 78 words
An exhaust gas filter for removing diesel particulates comprising a honeycomb of porous sintered ceramic fiber composite sheets, said honeycomb having a plurality of channels with alternate ends of said channels closed, said ceramic fiber composite sheets having a bulk density in the range of from 0.1 g/cm 3 to 0.8 g/cm 3 and consisting of from 40 wt% to 96 wt% alumina-silica ceramic fiber together with and from 60 wt% to 4 wt% of fire clay binder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 78 words
An exhaust gas filter for removing diesel particulates comprising a honeycomb of porous sintered ceramic fiber composite sheets, said honeycomb having a plurality of channels with alternate ends of said channels closed, said ceramic fiber composite sheets having a bulk density in the range of from 0.1 g/cm 3 to 0.8 g/cm 3 and consisting of from 40 wt% to 96 wt% alumina-silica ceramic fiber together with and from 60 wt% to 4 wt% of fire clay binder.

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