Silencer and vehicle including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Sejong Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsKi Ho Park, Jong Yeol Lee, Jun Ho Jang, Hyun Soo Kim
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a silencer of a vehicle's exhaust system for a fuel cell system is capable of reducing high-frequency noise and reducing noise generated from a drain, wherein the silencer includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a perforated tube located in the housing, the perforated tube having a plurality of through-holes, at least one baffle interposed between the housing and the perforated tube to partition a space between the housing and the perforated tube into a plurality of resonance chambers, and a cover installed in the housing to support the perforated tube and to partition the most downstream resonance chamber.
Claims20
A silencer, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- a perforated tube located in the housing, the perforated tube having a plurality of through-holes;
- at least one baffle interposed between the housing and the perforated tube to partition an internal space between the housing and the perforated tube into a plurality of resonance chambers;
- and
- a cover installed in the housing to support the perforated tube and partition the most downstream resonance chamber.
A silencer, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- a perforated tube located in the housing, the perforated tube having a plurality of through-holes, wherein the plurality of through-holes are arranged in an upper region from about half a height to the top surface in a vertical direction of the perforated tube;
- at least one baffle interposed between the housing and the perforated tube to partition an internal space between the housing and the perforated tube into a plurality of resonance chambers;
- and
- a cover installed in the housing to support the perforated tube and partition the most downstream resonance chamber.
A vehicle comprising:
- an exhaust system;
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- a silencer disposed in the exhaust system, wherein the silencer comprises:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- a perforated tube located in the housing, the perforated tube having a plurality of through-holes;
- at least one baffle interposed between the housing and the perforated tube to partition an internal space between the housing and the perforated tube into a plurality of resonance chambers;
- and
- a cover installed in the housing to support the perforated tube and partition the most downstream resonance chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.