Patent ID: 7347042
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
1. An exhaust gas filter for cleaning an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas filter comprising: a gas inlet side; a gas outlet side, the exhaust gas flowing in a flow direction from said inlet to said outlet; at least one strip-shaped filter layer extending from said gas inlet side to said gas outlet side in an axial direction; said at least one filter layer having a filter region formed of a material through which a fluid can at least partly flow for filtering out particulates from the exhaust gas; said at least one filter layer having a contact region with a catalytically active coating, for conversion of gaseous components of the exhaust gas; said contact region having a metal foil with said catalytically active coating thereon, said metal foil disposed upstream of said filter region, in said axial direction; and said contact region and said filter region overlapping one another in a connecting region, said connecting region being smaller than said contact region in said axial direction.