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Ceramic honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases
Assignee: NGK Insulators Ltd
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Filing: 1988-01-25
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2008-01-25
Abstract
Abstract A ceramic honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases from combustion engines includes a ceramic honeycomb structure formed by extruding and having a number of through-passages alternately closed at their ends by ceramic closure members. The through-passages formed by partition walls for capturing fine particles in the exhaust gases accumulated on the partition walls. The ceramic honeycomb filter comprises porous ceramic layers provided on the partition walls over a distance of 1/10-8/10 of an effective length of the filter from outlet ends of said through-passages for the exhaust gases.
Inventors
- 👤 Jun Kitagawa
- 👤 Toshihiko Hijikata
- 👤 Kazuo Ishikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 04:38
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9445; B01D53/9454; F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/022; F01N3/0222; F01N3/033; F01N3/035; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2803; F01N3/2825; F01N3/2828; B01J; B01J35/00; B01J35/50; B01J35/56; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/06; F01N2470/00; F01N2470/26; F01N2510/00; F01N2510/06; F01N2510/068; F01N2510/0682; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A ceramic honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases, comprising: an extruded cordierite ceramic honeycomb structure having an inlet side, an outlet side, and a plurality of longitudinal, intersecting partition walls extending from said inlet side towards said outlet side and defining a plurality of adjacent, longitudinal through-passages; a plurality of ceramic closure members located in alternate ends of said longitudinal through-passages, such that at least all of those through-passages which are open on said inlet side are closed on said outlet side; and porous cordierite ceramic layers deposited on portions of said partition walls, said layers extending along said partition walls from said outlet side towards said inlet side to a distance of 1/10-8/10 of an effective length of said filter, said effective length being defined by a length of said through-passages minus a thickness of said closure members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A ceramic honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases, comprising: an extruded cordierite ceramic honeycomb structure having an inlet side, an outlet side, and a plurality of longitudinal, intersecting partition walls extending from said inlet side towards said outlet side and defining a plurality of adjacent, longitudinal through-passages; a plurality of ceramic closure members located in alternate ends of said longitudinal through-passages, such that at least all of those through-passages which are open on said inlet side are closed on said outlet side; and porous cordierite ceramic layers deposited on portions of said partition walls, said layers extending along said partition walls from said outlet side towards said inlet side to a distance of 1/10-8/10 of an effective length of said filter, said effective length being defined by a length of said through-passages minus a thickness of said closure members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A ceramic honeycomb filter as set forth in claim 1, wherein said porous ceramic layers are in direct communication with said outlet side.
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