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Enclosed volume exhaust diffuser apparatus, system, and method

US7757481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26Claims

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Assignee

Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael E. Ryan · Fountain Hills, US
J. David Dixon · Greenwood, US
Patrick Klein · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2006
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01N2590/08
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method for cooling exhaust gases includes an inlet operatively connected to an exhaust port from a diesel engine or the like, and a housing defining a substantially enclosed volume. At least a portion of the volume is larger in cross-section than the inlet in cross-section, such that the exhaust gases expand upon entering the housing from the inlet. At least one outlet larger in collective cross-section than the inlet in cross-section is disposed on the housing and configured to expel the exhaust gases from the housing into the atmosphere.

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