Mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system

A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust component comprising:

• an outer housing having an inlet area that receives exhaust gas from an upstream exhaust component and an outlet area that directs exhaust gas to a downstream exhaust component, and wherein the outer housing is enclosed at a first end and has the inlet and outlet areas at a second end opposite the first end, and wherein the outer housing includes an outer wall extending between the first and second ends about a periphery of the outer housing;
• wherein the outer wall defines first and second sides that face each other and which are connected to each other by third and fourth sides that face each other, and wherein the first and second sides define an overall housing height and wherein the third and fourth sides define an overall housing width;
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• a deflector wall to direct exhaust gas from the inlet area to the outlet area, the deflector wall having a portion spaced from the outer wall to define a flow guide path to the outlet area, the flow guide path having a path length that is greater than the overall housing width.

A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust component comprising:

• an outer housing having an inlet area that receives exhaust gas from an upstream exhaust component and an outlet area that directs exhaust gas to a downstream exhaust component, and wherein the outer housing includes an outer wall extending about a periphery of the outer housing;
• wherein the outer wall defines first and second sides that face each other and which are connected to each other by third and fourth sides that face each other, and wherein the first and second sides define an overall housing height and wherein the third and fourth sides define an overall housing width;
• a deflector wall to direct exhaust gas from the inlet area to the outlet area, the deflector wall having a portion spaced from the outer wall to define a flow guide path to the outlet area, the flow guide path having a path length that is greater than the overall housing width;
• wherein the flow guide path guides exhaust gas flow from the inlet area in a first direction along one of the first and second sides of the outer wall, and then directs exhaust gas flow in a second direction along one of the third and fourth sides of the outer wall, and then directs exhaust gas flow in a third direction along the other of the first and second sides of the outer wall;
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• wherein the portion of the deflector that is spaced from the outer wall comprises at least a first wall portion that is spaced from the one of the first and second sides and which extends in the first direction, and wherein the first wall portion transitions to a second wall portion that is spaced from the one of the third and fourth sides and which extends in the second direction, and further including a third wall portion that extends from the first wall portion in the second direction and is spaced apart from the second wall portion to form a U-shape.