Patent ID: 7189274

Claim:
An exhaust gas filter for cleaning an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas filter comprising: at least one strip-shaped filter layer made of a material through which a fluid can at least partly flow, said material through which a fluid can at least partly flow having a thickness; said at least one filter layer having a length in a longitudinal direction and a width in a transverse direction; said at least one filter layer having a metallic reinforcing region at least in a partial region; said metallic reinforcing region having a width and a length; and at least one of: said width of said reinforcing region being less than said width of said filter layer, or said length of said reinforcing region being less than said length of said filter layer; and said at least one filter layer having a remaining region outside said reinforcing region, and said reinforcing region being connected to said remaining region by a process using a joining technique.