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Stamp formed muffler with multiple low frequency resonating chambers

US4765437A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1987
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N2490/155
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A muffler is provided with a pair of internal plates stamp formed to define an array of tubes therebetween. An external shell, which may be stamp formed, surrounds and encloses at least selected portions of the internal plates. The array of tubes stamp formed in the internal plates includes at least two tuning tubes. One tuning tube terminates at a tuning aperture in one of the two internal plates, while the other tuning tube terminates at an aperture stamp formed in the other of the two internal plates. Thus, one tuning tube will communicate with a low frequency resonating chamber on one side of the pair of internal plates, while the other tuning tube will communicate with a low frequency resonating chamber on the opposite side of the assembled internal plates.

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