Patent ID: 9714597
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B01D,B01F,F01N,Y02A,Y02T

Claim:
1. A mixer for an exhaust gas treatment system of a vehicle, the mixer comprising: a support body located in the exhaust gas treatment system and defining a rectangular mixing chamber defining a fluid flow path disposed along a longitudinal axis, wherein the mixing chamber includes a lower surface, an upper surface spaced from and opposing the lower surface, a first lateral edge surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface, and a second lateral edge surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface and opposing the first lateral edge surface; a plurality of blades extending between the lower surface and the upper surface of the mixing chamber, and arranged in a single row axially spaced from each other along a transverse axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; wherein each of the plurality of blades extends along the longitudinal axis from an upstream edge to a downstream edge; wherein each of the plurality of blades defines a window having an upstream window edge and a downstream window edge spaced from the upstream window edge along the longitudinal axis, such that each of the plurality of blades includes an upstream portion disposed between its respective upstream edge and its respective upstream window edge, and a downstream portion disposed between its respective downstream window edge and its respective downstream edge; and wherein each of the plurality of blades includes a bend forming an interior blade angle between its respective upstream portion and its respective downstream portion.