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Exhaust muffling device

US7669693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 5, 2004
Grant dateMar 2, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N2490/18
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust muffling device having a simple structure, which is capable of suppressing air column resonance favorably, irrespective of a length of an outlet pipe of an exhaust pipe which communicates with a muffler, and with which it is possible to achieve appropriate reductions in weight and cost. The exhaust muffling device of the present invention comprises a muffler having an expansion chamber whose length is L in an exhaust direction, and an outlet pipe being in communication with the expansion chamber and whose pipe length is approximately 2nL in which n is a natural number.

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