Patent ID: 6162404
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B01D,B01J,F01N,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A catalytic converter for purifying exhaust gas from an engine, comprising:a catalyst support having a plurality of cells in which the exhaust gas flows and having a circumferential surface, the cells having a catalyst layer on a surface thereof;a casing for holding the catalytic support therein; anda holding member disposed between the circumferential surface of the catalytic support and the casing, the holding member including a plurality of layers, wherein each of the layers includes randomly entangled only two dimensionally and randomly with one another on a common plane approximately parallel to the circumferential surface of the catalytic support so that a longitudinal direction of each of the fibers is approximately parallel to the circumferential surface of the catalytic support.