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US 2012/0056070 A1Published application
Compact coulomb damper
AssigneePullman Incorporated
InventorTroy P. Rodecker
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Abstract
A coulomb damper is attached to a component of an exhaust system. The inner surface of the coulomb damper is in intimate contact with the outer surface of the component of the exhaust system. The intimate contact is defined by a pair of weld lines extending along an axial length of the coulomb damper in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the intimate contact is defined by at least a three point contact between the coulomb damper and the component of the exhaust system.
Claims12
A coulomb damper in combination with an exhaust system, the combination comprising:
- a canister;
- an impact media disposed within said canister;
- a component of said exhaust system, said canister being in intimate contact with said component of said exhaust system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.