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Monolithic metal honeycomb body with varying number of channels
Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Lohmar Verwaltungs GmbH
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Filing: 1993-02-05
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Granted: 1994-07-12
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Expires: 2013-02-05
Abstract
Abstract A honeycomb body includes leading and trailing end surfaces being mutually spaced apart in a given flow direction. Subsections are disposed in succession in the given flow direction between the end surfaces. At least some sheet-metal layers have structures forming channels therebetween extending approximately in the given flow direction through which a fluid can flow. The channels have dimensions determined by the structures of the sheet-metal layers. Each of the subsections has a different number of channels per unit of cross-sectional area and the channels have cross-sectional areas differing in each of the subsections. The sheet-metal layers include some layers being smooth or slightly structured in proportion to the dimensions of the channels, having spacings therebetween and extending from the leading to the trailing end surfaces giving the honeycomb body a monolithic form, and the sheet-metal layers include different numbers of other sheet-metal layers filling the spacings in each of the subsections.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfgang Maus
- 👤 Helmut Swars
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:12
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N13/00; F01N13/009; F01N13/0097; F01N3/2803; F01N3/2807; F01N3/281; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/02; F01N2330/30; F01N2330/48; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A50/00; Y02A50/20; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/1234; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24149
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A honeycomb body, comprising: leading and trailing end surfaces being mutually spaced apart in a given flow direction; subsections disposed in succession in said given flow direction between said end surfaces; sheet-metal layers at least some of which having structures forming channels therebetween extending approximately in said given flow direction through which a fluid can flow; said channels having dimensions determined by said structures of said sheet-metal layers; each of said subsections having a different number of said channels per unit of cross-sectional area and said channels having cross-sectional areas differing in each of said subsections; said sheet-metal layers including some at least substantially smooth layers having spacings therebetween and extending from said leading to said trailing end surfaces giving the honeycomb body a monolithic form, and said sheet-metal layers including different numbers of other sheet-metal layers filling said spacings in each of said subsections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
A honeycomb body, comprising: leading and trailing end surfaces being mutually spaced apart in a given flow direction; subsections disposed in succession in said given flow direction between said end surfaces; sheet-metal layers at least some of which having structures forming channels therebetween extending approximately in said given flow direction through which a fluid can flow; said channels having dimensions determined by said structures of said sheet-metal layers; each of said subsections having a different number of said channels per unit of cross-sectional area and said channels having cross-sectional areas differing in each of said subsections; said sheet-metal layers including some at least substantially smooth layers having spacings therebetween and extending from said leading to said trailing end surfaces giving the honeycomb body a monolithic form, and said sheet-metal layers including different numbers of other sheet-metal layers filling said spacings in each of said subsections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said at least substantially smooth layers are slightly structured in proportion to the dimensions of said channels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers include additional at least substantially smooth layers each extending only partly between said end surfaces.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers include at least two types of different sheet-metal layers being highly structured approximately parallel to said given flow direction and having structural heights and mean structural widths corresponding to the dimensions of said channels, each extending over only one of said subsections.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheet-metal layers are corrugated sheets having a varying structural height.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheet-metal layers are trapezoidal sheets having a varying structural height.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheet-metal layers are bent in a zig-zag fashion and have a varying structural height.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheets each have different structural heights in a proportion of approximately 1:2.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheets each have different structural heights in a proportion of approximately 1:3.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheets each have different structural heights in a proportion of approximately 1:4.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said different highly structured sheets have the same structural height and a different mean structural width.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
104 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers include: one highly structured sheet-metal layer with a structural height corresponding to said spacings between said at least substantially smooth layers, said one highly structured sheet-metal layer being disposed between each two of said at least substantially smooth layers in one of said subsections; and at least two highly structured sheet-metal layers with a combined structural height corresponding to said spacings between said at least substantially smooth layers, said at least two highly structured sheet-metal layers being disposed between each two of said at least substantially smooth layers in others of said subsections.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 12, wherein said at least two highly structured sheet-metal layers include two layers in one of said others of said subsections and more than two layers in another of said others of said subsections.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 12, wherein said at least two highly structured sheet-metal layers are separated from one another by some of said at least substantially smooth sheet-metal layers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 13, wherein said at least two highly structured sheet-metal layers are separated from one another by some of said at least substantially smooth sheet-metal layers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 4, wherein said at least substantially smooth layers in said subsections have a given dimension, and said highly structured sheets in at least one of said subsections are narrower than said given dimension, defining compensation gaps in a transitional region between said subsections.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
39 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said subsections include between two and three subsections being disposed one after the other in said given flow direction and having a different number of channels per unit of surface area.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 17, wherein said subsections include a first subsection with from 50 to 100 channels per square inch (cpsi), a second subsection with from 100 to 200 cpsi, and a third subsection with 200 to 500 cpsi.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein the number of said sheet-metal layers and the number of said channels per unit of cross-sectional area increases as seen in said given flow direction.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein the number of said sheet-metal layers and the number of said channels per unit of cross-sectional area decreases as seen in said given flow direction.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein the number of said sheet-metal layers and the number of said channels per unit of cross-sectional area first increases and then decreases as seen in said given flow direction.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
17 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers have an approximately S-shaped cross section.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
30 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers include alternatingly disposed smooth sheets and corrugated sheets, and said corrugated sheets have at least two different corrugation heights.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
31 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers include alternatingly disposed smooth sheets and corrugated sheets, and said corrugated sheets have at least two different mean corrugation widths.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
34 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein said sheet-metal layers include alternatingly disposed smooth sheets and corrugated sheets, and said corrugated sheets have at least two different corrugation heights and mean corrugation widths.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
29 words
The honeycomb body according to claim 1, wherein each two of said subsections have a curved boundary therebetween, and said channels in each of said subsections have different lengths.
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