(19)
(11) EP 1 780 187 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 158(3) EPC

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
26.09.2007 Bulletin 2007/39

(43) Date of publication:
02.05.2007 Bulletin 2007/18

(21) Application number: 06702661.7

(22) Date of filing: 10.01.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C04B 37/00(2006.01)
C04B 35/00(2006.01)
 B01D 39/20(2006.01)
F01N 3/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2006/300139
(87) International publication number:
WO 2006/117899 (09.11.2006 Gazette 2006/45)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 28.04.2005 JP 2005132762

(71) Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
Ogaki-shi Gifu 503-8604 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • NINOMIYA, Takeshi c/o IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Ibi-gun, Gifu 5010695 (JP)
  • IMAEDA, Masaki c/o IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Ibi-gun, Gifu 5010695 (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE


(57) The present invention aims to provide a honeycomb structured body or the like that has an excellent thermal shock resistance, and the honeycomb structured body according to the present invention is a honeycomb structured body formed by bonding a plurality of honeycomb members, each having a number of cells placed in parallel with one another in the longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween, to one another by interposing an adhesive layer, wherein, when the longitudinal direction is defined as the orientation axis, the degree of orientation Ω of the inorganic fibers in the adhesive layer obtained by the Saltykov method is set in a range of 0.2 ≤ Ω ≤ 0.7 or in a range of -0.7 ≤ Ω ≤ -0.2 in the adhesive layer.