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US 10,697,346 B2Granted
Flexible automotive exhaust tube system
AssigneeNelson Global Products, Inc.
InventorsIsaac Semrow, Robert Schellin
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Abstract
A flexible tube system having an end section formed from an inner rigid tube and an outer shell, and the end section is joined to a central flexible portion having an inner decoupler tube, and an outer shell bridge is joined to the outer shell and the flexible central portion to define an insulation space.
Claims7
A flexible tube system comprising:
- an end section having an innermost rigid tube at least partially defining an exhaust gas conduit, and an outer shell spaced apart from the innermost rigid tube;
- a flange joined to and extending radially outwardly from the end section innermost rigid tube, wherein the flange defines a rim spaced apart from the innermost rigid tube;
- a flexible central portion joined to the end section, the flexible central portion including an inner decoupler tube joined to the end section innermost rigid tube and an outer flexible tube joined to the rim, wherein the flexible central portion is not disposed between the flange and the innermost rigid tube at a location where the flange is joined to the innermost rigid tube;
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- an end section outer shell bridge joined to the outer shell and the flange at a position that is spaced apart from the innermost rigid tube to at least partially define an insulation space with the end section innermost rigid tube and the flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.