Patent · US Expired

Auto-matic back pressure relief muffler

US6079516A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1998
Grant dateJun 27, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N1/166
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A muffler for an internal combustion engine comprises: a plurality of chambers formed by a single partitioning wall inside an outer shell to be communicated with each other at the entrance and at the exit of the muffler; and a flapper-valve is provided in a communicating passage at the entrance, and a opening in the partitioning wall provide communication at the exit.

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