Patent ID: 7603849
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: F01N,Y02A,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine comprising: an exhaust line carrying exhaust away from the internal combustion engine; at least one fuel injector for injecting fuel into the exhaust line; the fuel injector mounted on the exhaust line by a mounting device; the mounting device having a receiving body into which the fuel injector is inserted; the receiving body mounted on the exhaust line via a disk-shaped flange, wherein the flange is mounted on the receiving body via a constriction in the cross section, wherein the flange has a sleeve encompassing a central opening on a side facing away from the receiving body, wherein the exhaust line comprises an opening and wherein the inside cross section of the exhaust line opening is larger than the outside cross section of the sleeve thereby creating a gap between the exhaust line opening and said sleeve, and wherein said sleeve is not in contact engagement with said exhaust line.