Patent ID: 7757483

Claim:
A device for reducing particles of an exhaust gas, the device comprising: at least one carrier structure having a predefinable volume; said at least one carrier structure having a multiplicity of channels to be traversed by an exhaust gas flow flowing in a flow direction, said channels having deflections for the exhaust gas disposed in a repeating fashion with a predefined spacing, said channels at least partially deflecting the exhaust gas within said channels and said at least one carrier structure having at least one filter layer with a filter material, said filter material being delimited in the flow direction by a metal strip having a plurality of perforations formed therein; and said at least one carrier structure having a length of at least 120 mm in the flow direction and at least partially having a first coating including a quantity of washcoat in a range of from 10 to 60 grams per liter of said predefinable volume having said first coating.