Patent ID: 9605576
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F01N,Y02T,Y10T

Claim:
1. Mounting mat for a pollution control device, said mat comprising: at least a first sheet and a second sheet, with each sheet having a different width dimension, length dimension, or both width and length dimensions; fixation means only positioned in a central region of the mat, where the fixation means is adapted to hold together the at least first and second sheets substantially in contact with each other such that movement of the at least first and second sheets in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the at least first and second sheet is substantially restricted in the central region of the mat; holding means for holding the at least first and second sheets together at opposite edge regions of the mat, such that the holding means is adapted to: (i) hold the at least first and second sheets together whilst allowing movement of the at least first and second sheets parallel to each other in the opposite edge regions of the mat; and/or (ii) to break upon wrapping around a body thereby allowing movement of the at least first and second sheets parallel to each other in the opposite edge regions of the mat.