Patent ID: 6967006
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: F01N,Y02A,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ceramic monolith mount, comprising: a motor vehicle exhaust unit housing with a preferably nonround housing shape formed of one of a pipe or half shells; a mounting mat with at least one swelling mat, the mounting mat being a multilayer mat with different swelling mats with expanded mica mat structure and/or fiber mat structure provided on an inside and on an outside, the mount being formed by the steps of: wrapping a mounting mat around the ceramic monolith; mounting the wrapped monolith in the housing; providing the mounting mat with the at least one said swelling mat which is a mixture of ceramic fibers, expanded mica and organic binder; treating one or both of the mounting mat and the housing chemically and/or structurally for minimizing the erosion at least in an erosion risk area or in the area in which damage has occurred, wherein a combination of said swelling mat and fiber mat sections are arranged one behind the other to form said mounting mat, wherein the connection joint of the individual swelling mat and fiber mat sections has a wavy shape.