Muffler
AssigneeEberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH & Co. KG
InventorGeorg WIRTH
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Abstract
A muffler (1) for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle, has a housing (2), which encloses a muffler volume (7) and has at least one flat wall area (6), with at least one inlet tube (3) and with at least one outlet tube (4) and with at least one bracket (5) for fastening the muffler (1) to a holding structure. A lightweight construction is simplified if at least one wall section (11) of such a flat wall area (6) is formed by a flat lightweight panel (12) with sandwich structure.
Claims20
A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the muffler comprising:
- a housing, which encloses a muffler volume and comprises a flat wall area;
- an inlet tube connected to said housing;
- an outlet tube connected to said housing;
- and
- a bracket connected to said housing for fastening the muffler to a holding structure,
- wherein said flat wall area has a flat wall section formed by a flat lightweight panel having a sandwich structure.
A motor vehicle internal combustion engine exhaust system muffler comprising:
- a housing, which defines an enclosed muffler volume, said housing comprising a flat wall area;
- an inlet tube connected to said housing;
- an outlet tube connected to said housing;
- and
- a bracket connected to said housing for fastening the muffler to a holding structure, wherein said flat wall area has a flat wall provided by a flat lightweight panel formed by an inner shell, an outer shell and a support structure arranged between said inner shell and said outer shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.