US 2013/0087243 A1 · METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EXHAUST CONNECTION MEMBER WITH PREFORMED BRAIDED COVER

Abstract

An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided. The method of manufacturing comprises the steps of providing a tubular sleeve formed of braided wire filaments and forming at least one end of the sleeve into shape using a forming die such that the at least one end of the cover includes a circumferential neck portion having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a body portion of the cover. In the method, the sleeve may be pressed between male and female forming dies in order to create the cover's desired shape, which can include a shoulder extending radially outwardly from the cover's neck portion and meeting the cover's body portion at a corner.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing an intertwined cover member for use in an exhaust system coupler, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of wire filaments;
intertwining said wire filaments to form a sleeve having first and second ends;
and
forming at least one end of said sleeve into shape using a forming die such that said end includes a circumferential neck portion and a shoulder that is generally perpendicular to a body portion of the cover member.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/690,122Filed 30 Nov 2012

Priority

9 Nov 2010

Published

11 Apr 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

F01N 13/18
Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features: construction facilitating manufacture, assembly, or disassembly
B21F 27/127
Of tubular form, e.g. as reinforcements for pipes or pillars: by bending preformed mesh
F01N 13/007
Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features: apparatus used as intake or exhaust silencer
F01N 13/1816
With means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration: the pipe sections being joined together by flexible…

Method for manufacturing exhaust connection member with preformed braided cover

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Method for manufacturing exhaust connection member with preformed braided cover

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Abstract

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