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US 12,680,493 B2Granted
Exhaust assembly with an exhaust component
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith Weston, Calvin Trescott, Daniel Corless, Stuart Jamieson, Michael Furst, David D. Friske
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust component. The exhaust component includes, in one example, a hooked portion configured as a tow hook and/or as a jack interface. In the exhaust component, the hooked portion is positioned adjacent to an exhaust conduit tip and the hooked portion does not extend directly across the exhaust conduit tip.
Claims20
An exhaust component, comprising:
- a hooked portion configured as a tow hook and/or as a jack interface;
- where the hooked portion is positioned adjacent to an exhaust conduit tip;
- where the exhaust component circumferentially surrounds the exhaust conduit tip;
- and
- where the hooked portion does not extend directly across the exhaust conduit tip.
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An exhaust assembly, comprising:
- an exhaust component and including:
- a hooked portion configured as a tow hook and/or as a jack interface;
- where the hooked portion includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a vertical surface that extends therebetween;
- where the hooked portion is positioned adjacent to two exhaust conduit tips;
- where two exhaust tip interfaces circumferentially surround the exhaust conduit tips;
- and
- where at least a portion of the hooked portion is offset from an opening of the exhaust conduit tips.
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An exhaust assembly, comprising:
- an exhaust component and including:
- a hooked portion configured as a tow hook and/or as a jack interface;
- where the hooked portion is positioned adjacent to two exhaust conduit tips;
- where the exhaust component circumferentially surrounds the exhaust conduit tips;
- and
- where at least a portion of the hooked portion is offset from an opening of the exhaust conduit tips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.