Muffler for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsKichul Park, Deagil Hwang
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Abstract
A muffler for a vehicle may include a plurality of baffles to form a plurality of chambers, an exhaust gas inflow pipe having an outlet connected to one of the chambers inside the muffler housing through the baffles, an intermediate pipe disposed in parallel with the exhaust gas inflow pipe in the muffler housing through the baffles to fluid connect at least two chambers and a plurality of exhaust gas outflow pipes having an inlet positioned with an outlet of the intermediate pipe in any one chamber divided by the baffles and an outlet protruding outward through the muffler housing, without passing through the baffles, such that the exhaust gas passing through the intermediated pipe may be discharged outside the muffler housing.
Claims13
A muffler for a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of baffles fixed in a predetermined distance therebetween in the longitudinal direction of a muffler housing in the muffler housing to form a plurality of chambers between the baffles;
- an exhaust gas inflow pipe having an inlet connected with the muffler through the front of the muffler housing and an outlet connected to one of the chambers inside the muffler housing through the baffles;
- an intermediate pipe disposed in parallel with the exhaust gas inflow pipe in the muffler housing through the baffles to fluid connect at least two chambers such that an exhaust gas passing through the exhaust gas inflow pipe flows therethrough;
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- a plurality of exhaust gas outflow pipes having an inlet positioned with an outlet of the intermediate pipe in any one chamber divided by the baffles and an outlet protruding outward through the muffler housing, without passing through the baffles, such that the exhaust gas passing through the intermediated pipe is discharged outside the muffler housing;
- wherein a plurality of holes is formed at a portion of the exhaust gas inflow pipe in a chamber to which the output of the exhaust gas inflow pipe is not fluidly connected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.