Patent ID: 7517380

Claim:
An exhaust aftertreatment assembly comprising an axially extending housing extending along a longitudinal axis and containing an aftertreatment element, said aftertreatment element being selected from the group consisting of at least one of a particulate soot filter element and a catalyst element, said housing having a plurality of housing sections including an aftertreatment element section and an adjacent mounting section separable from said aftertreatment element section at a service joint therebetween, a pair of brackets supporting said housing on support structure, a first of said brackets being mounted to said mounting section at an interface guide track assembly supporting said mounting section at a first position relative to said aftertreatment element section and in an engagement with said aftertreatment element section at said service joint, and a second position relative to said aftertreatment element section and separated from said aftertreatment element section to permit servicing of the latter, a first band clamp having a tightened condition securing said mounting section and said aftertreatment element section to each other at said service joint in said first position of said mounting section, and having a loosened condition permitting separation of said mounting section and said aftertreatment element section at said service joint in said second position of said mounting section, wherein said first mounting bracket supports both said mounting section and said aftertreatment element section in said first position of said mounting section, and supports said mounting section but not said aftertreatment element section in said second position of said mounting section, a second band clamp mounting said mounting section to said first bracket.