Patent ID: 8083822

Claim:
A system for treating exhaust gas from an engine, comprising: a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port and defining a flow path between the inlet port and the outlet port; a fluid treatment element arranged in the flow path of the housing and configured to treat exhaust gas; a conduit fluidly connected with at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port of the housing, the conduit including a first port having a first axis and a second port having a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the first port having a first cross-section with an inner diameter, the second port having a generally elongated second cross-section with an inner width and an inner length; wherein the inner length of the second cross-section of the conduit is smaller than the inner diameter of the first cross-section of the conduit, and the inner width of the second cross-section is greater than the inner diameter of the first cross-section.