F01N 2340/04
Arrangement of the exhaust system relative to a vehicle or parts thereof
F01N2340/04 (Arrangement of the exhaust system relative to a vehicle or parts thereof) appears on 321 US grants and 321 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01N- Granted patents
- 321
- Published applications
- 321
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 739
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 18 | 13 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Exhaust structure of engine4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153067 A1Mazda Motor Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Controlled temperature combustion engine113US 6,651,432 B1The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency · 2003
- Exhaust system for automotive engine61US 5,195,607 AMazda Motor Corporation · 1993
- Air cleaner device in vehicle60US 7,168,516 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2007
- Exhaust system for internal combustion engines51US 5,388,408 ALawrence-Keech Inc. · 1995
- Vehicle canister arranging structure38US 7,237,644 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2007