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System for suppressing noise due to exhaust gas from motor vehicle

US4901528A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1989
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an automotive vehicle installed with a V-6 engine, engine revolution speed and engine load are detected and a selector valve provided in a silencer is normally closed but it is opened when the engine revolution speed exceeds a predetermined engine revolution speed value when the 3rd order component of exhaust sound coincides with a longitudinal resonance frequency within a vehicle cabin when the vehicle is at acceleration. The selector valve which is normally closed is opened when the engine revolution speed exceeds a second predetermined engine revolution speed value when the 1.5th order component of the exhaust sound coincides with the longitudinal resonance frequency.

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