Joint apparatus for automobile exhaust pipe
US5887907A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L39/04
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a joint apparatus for an automobile exhaust pipe, each of a pair of juxtaposed exhaust pipes and each of a pair of mutually coupled branch pipes of a bifurcated exhaust pipe are coupled to each other. The joint apparatus is provided with a spherical joint for coupling one of the pair of exhaust pipes to one of the branch pipes of the bifurcated exhaust pipe which is disposed in correspondence with the one exhaust pipe; and a flexible extensible joint for coupling another one of the pair of exhaust pipes to another one of the branch pipes which is disposed in correspondence with the another exhaust pipe.
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