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Vehicle exhaust device

US5726397A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1995
Grant dateMar 10, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

A vehicle exhaust device including a rear silencer disposed at the rear portion of a vehicle, a large-capacity silencer having a capacity larger than that of the rear silencer and disposed below a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an intermediate silencer disposed substantially at the middle of an exhaust tube interconnecting the rear silencer and the large-capacity silencer. With the vehicle exhaust device thus arranged, exhaust noises can be attenuated at a position near an engine forming a noise source, i.e., at the early stage of transmission and with substantially reduced length-dependent resonance of the exhaust tube.

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