Patent ID: 9664101
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F01N,Y02T

Claim:
1. An exhaust treatment system including first and second spaced apart portions in receipt of exhaust emitted from an internal combustion engine, the exhaust treatment system comprising: an exhaust treatment device including a housing having a first outer diameter at an open first end of the exhaust treatment device, the housing having a second outer diameter different than the first outer diameter at an open second end of the exhaust treatment device; a first clamp adapted to couple the exhaust treatment device to the first portion, the first clamp including a stepped inner diameter having first and second surfaces having different diameters such that the first surface of the first clamp engages the first portion and the second surface of the first clamp engages the exhaust treatment device when the first end of the exhaust treatment device is positioned adjacent to the first portion; and a second clamp coupling the exhaust treatment device to the second portion, wherein the second end of the exhaust treatment device is configured to interfere with the first clamp to preclude coupling the first portion to the exhaust treatment device when the second end of the exhaust treatment device is positioned adjacent to the first portion.