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Catalytic converter for motor vehicles

CA 1283610 C · Owner: Tenneco Inc. · Inventors: Sager, Robert L. Jr.

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An aftermarket catalytic converter for motor vehicle exhaust gas systems has a clamshell housing with an upper heat shield and radially deformable inlet and outlet bushings and contains a catalyst coated substrate cushioned and supported inside of it by a heat expandable mat the, features and parts of the converter being constructed and arranged to enable one converter construction to be used as a replacement converter in a substantial number of different applications for the original equipment converters.

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  • Granted April 30, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 30, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 16, 1986
GrantedApril 30, 1991
Term endedApril 30, 2008
Patent numberCA 1283610 C
Classification (IPC)F01N3/24

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19871990199319961999200220052008Application filedSep 16, 1986Patent grantedApril 30, 1991Term endedApril 30, 2008

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