Method for interlocking engine exhaust sound with traveling mode and exhaust system for smart vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHyeon-Gyun Ahn
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AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHyeon-Gyun Ahn
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A method for automatically changing the engine exhaust sound in conjunction with the traveling mode implemented by the exhaust system applied to the vehicle may vary the valve opening of an electronic variable valve provided in a first tail pipe of first and second tail pipes of muffler discharging the exhaust gas coming from an engine by a mode recognition logic connected to an engine ECU to the atmosphere, and control the variation of the valve opening with the engine torque and the engine RPM based on a change in an accelerator pedal stroke in any one of a SMART DRIVE MODE-ECO state, a SMART DRIVE MODE-COMFORT state, and a SMART DRIVE MODE-SPORT state, implementing a quiet engine exhaust sound and a sporty engine exhaust sound depending on various vehicle traveling states provided by the SMART DRIVE MODE and increasing vehicle/engine outputs.
A method for interlocking an engine exhaust sound with a vehicle traveling mode, the method comprising:
An exhaust system comprising:
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