Combined electrically heatable and light-off converter

摘要

There is provided an electrically heatable converter body including a multicellular metallic honeycomb characterized by a plurality of first thin metal strips and a plurality of second thin metal strips in layered alternating relation, and wherein the first thin metal strips have a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion, the leading edge portion of the first thin metal strips being longer than the trailing edge of said first thin metal strips.