US 12,168,950 B2
Electrical current feed-through
Rolf Brück, Bergisch Gladbach (DE); Philipp Langenfeld, Rösrath (DE); Marc Brugger, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid (DE); Katrin Konieczny, Much (DE); Lorenzo Pace, Rom (IT); and Stefan Ahlers, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH, Regensburg (DE)
Filed by Vitesco Technologies GMBH, Regensburg (DE)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/573,817.
Application 17/573,817 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/067597, filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 210 368.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136422 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 3/2026 (2013.01) [F01N 3/28 (2013.01); F01N 2240/16 (2013.01); F01N 2260/02 (2013.01); F01N 2260/20 (2013.01); F01N 2510/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A current feed-through for an electrically heatable catalytic converter, wherein the catalytic converter has in the interior thereof at least one electrical conductor, which is electrically contactable by the current feed-through, the current feed-through comprising:
a central electrically conductive element having a hot end and a cold end, which is guided from the interior of the catalytic converter through an outer housing wall of the catalytic converter;
an electrical insulation layer which surrounds the central electrically conductive element on a radial outer face of the central electrically conductive element;
a metallic sleeve in which the central electrically conductive element and the electrical insulation layer are received, the electrical insulation layer and the metallic sleeve mounted to the hot end of the central electrically conductive element; and
a device for reducing the heat conduction from the interior of the catalytic converter along the current feed-through to a contact face arranged outside the catalytic converter, the device further comprising:
at least one portion of reduced thermal conductivity made of a different material than the electrically conductive element;
wherein the device is located between the hot end and the cold end, such the device is adjacent to the electrical insulation layer and the metallic sleeve.