Patent ID: 9656208
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B01D,F01N,F02M,Y02A

Claim:
1. An exhaust-gas treatment unit, comprising: a housing having a periphery and a circumferential direction; at least one opening side; a substantially cylindrical exhaust-gas treatment body having a main axis; and at least one connector formed in one piece with said housing and disposed on said at least one opening side, said at least one connector being an offset crimp zone configured and dimensioned for forming an interference fit between the exhaust-gas treatment unit and an exhaust gas conducting line, said at least one connector having a cross section differing from said substantially cylindrical exhaust-gas treatment body, and said crimp zone being a bulge extending partially over said periphery in said circumferential direction, said cross section deviating inwardly and outwardly from a shape of the exhaust-gas conducting line.