Patent ID: 9133962
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: F01N,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An exhaust gas system component for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas system component comprising: a plurality of mutually connected exhaust gas system elements through which flow exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, wherein the exhaust gas system elements are supported in a first frame and in a second frame spaced apart therefrom and connection struts fixedly connect the first and second frames to one another, wherein the exhaust gas system elements are additionally supported in a third frame which is arranged between the first and the second frames, each of the first, second and third frames has a cut-out into which the exhaust gas system elements are inserted so that the exhaust gas flows through the first, second and third frames in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first, second and third frames, respectively, each of the connection struts are formed in a flat band shape and one of the first and second frames is an outermost frame that comprises slits through which the connection struts are slotted and welded to the outermost frame, and the connection struts lie on and are welded to margins of the other frames.