Muffler device including central common active control valve
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorDae-Gil Hwang
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Abstract
A muffler assembly including a central common active control valve may include a central body for guiding exhaust gas discharged from an engine to flow in bilateral directions in a branched manner, the central body comprising the active control valve disposed in a flow path of exhaust gas, and a pair of main mufflers, each separately disposed at opposite sides of the central body to exhaust exhaust gas introduced from the central body, in which the flow path and an exhaust path of the exhaust gas may be variable based on opening and closing of the active control valve.
Claims10
A muffler assembly including a central common active control valve, comprising:
- a central body for guiding exhaust gas discharged from an engine through one exhaust pipe to flow in bilateral directions in a branched manner therefrom, the central body comprising the active control valve disposed in a flow path of exhaust gas supplied through the one exhaust pipe to exhaust the exhaust gas in the bilateral directions in the branched manner;
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- a pair of main mufflers, each separately disposed at opposite sides of the central body to exhaust exhaust gas introduced from the central body,
- wherein the flow path and an exhaust path of the exhaust gas are variable based on opening and closing of the active control valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.