Patent ID: 8568661
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
1. An exhaust gas treatment device for a motor vehicle exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas treatment device comprising: a multipart housing; an oxidation-type catalytic converter unit disposed in the multipart housing; a particle filter unit disposed in the multipart housing downstream from said oxidation-type catalytic converter unit, arranged one after another in an axial direction extending in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the housing, wherein the multipart housing has an inlet housing part, which has an exhaust gas inlet and contains the oxidation-type catalytic converter unit, said inlet housing part comprising an inlet-side ring collar, said multipart housing has an outlet housing part, which has an exhaust gas outlet and into which the particle filter unit protrudes axially, said outlet housing part comprising an outlet-side ring collar; at least one clamp connection, wherein at least said inlet housing part is detachably connected to said outlet housing part by means of the clamp connection, wherein at least said inlet housing part and said outlet housing part are fixed in an axial direction of said multipart housing via said clamp connection; and at least one bracket axially rigid in relation to the particle filter unit, the bracket cooperating with the clamp connection to axially fix the bracket to at least one housing part by means of the clamp connection, at least one of said inlet-side ring collar and said outlet-side ring collar being located between said at least one clamp connection and said at least one bracket.