Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flange plate
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Application No.: US14777637Application Date: 2014-03-19
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Publication No.: US10202885B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Michael Weidner , Andreas Steigert , Bernd Fuhrmann , Rolf Engel , Adrien Lehmann
- Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Edenkoben
- Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
- Current Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Edenkoben
- Agency: Hudak, Shunk & Farine Co. LPA
- Priority: DE102013102859 20130320
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/055524 WO 20140319
- International Announcement: WO2014/147136 WO 20140925
- Main IPC: F01N13/18
- IPC: F01N13/18 ; B32B5/18 ; F01N13/10 ; F16L23/032 ; F16L23/12 ; F16L23/16

Abstract:
A flange plate for a manifold of an exhaust-gas system for internal combustion engines, which flange plate can be fixed via at least one holding device to an exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece of the internal combustion engine by a first outer layer, formed as a mounting layer, which can be placed at least partially directly or indirectly against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece via a seal, and the flange plate can be applied to the holding device by a second outer layer, formed as a holding layer, in order to generate a holding force F, acting at a right angle to the mounting layer, for sealingly placing the mounting layer against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece, and the flange plate having at least a first intermediate layer which is arranged, relative to the holding force F, between the mounting layer and the holding layer. Here, the first intermediate layer is formed as a cavity structure, wherein the cavity structure has single- or multiple-part wall parts which extend in a direction parallel to the mounting layer and are arranged adjacent to one another, the wall parts having a width b1, measured in a direction parallel to the mounting layer, and having a height h1, measured in a direction at a right angle to the mounting layer, where h1>b1, wherein the different wall parts delimit a plurality of cavities which are open towards the mounting layer or towards the holding layer or, together with the mounting layer and the holding layer, delimit an open-ended channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160138458A1 FLANGE PLATE Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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