Patent · US Expired

Exhaust silencer for an internal combustion engine and the method of operation

US6349541B1 · kind B1 · utility

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2Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Igor Gruden · Leonberg, DE
Jochen Schäflein · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 1999
Grant date	Feb 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02B75/021
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An engine exhaust silencer arrangement with a variable geometry, which is controlled by control elements in dependence of engine data. The increased exhaust noise occurring during engine operation under differing engine stroke modes is suppressed by the different geometry of the silencer arrangement.

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