Device for stabilizing the flow in the exhaust line of an internal combustion engine

US6543221B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Zeuna-Starker GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Benedikt Klaus · Windach, DE
• Andreas Mayr · Meitingen, DE
• Alois Ullmer · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A device for stabilizing the flow in the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, in particular, at the outlet on the exhaust side of an exhaust turbocharger fitted downstream of an internal combustion engine, comprises a guide baffle (3, 8), which, in turn, comprises a plurality of web plates (6) extending in the direction of the flow transversely to the exhaust pipe (1).