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US 2020/0232369 A1Published application
Device for exhaust system of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorChun Soon JANG
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Abstract
A clamping assembly configured for an exhaust system of a vehicle may include a gasket engaged to be prevented from deviating using a method in which a pin is inserted into and engaged with a pin hole at an inlet pipe flange of a catalytic converter, wherein an outlet pipe flange of a turbocharger and an inlet pipe flange of the catalytic converter are clamped by a clamp by interposing the gasket between the outlet pipe flange of the turbocharger and the inlet pipe flange of the catalytic converter.
Claims11
A clamping assembly for an exhaust system of a vehicle, the clamping assembly including:
- a gasket;
- a pin integrally formed at an inlet pipe flange of a catalytic converter;
- a pin pole formed at the gasket, wherein the pin is configured to be selectively inserted into and engaged with the pin hole;
- a clamp, wherein the outlet pipe flange of the turbocharger and the inlet pipe flange of the catalytic converter are clamped by the clamp while the gasket is interposed between the outlet pipe flange of the turbocharger and the inlet pipe flange of the catalytic converter,
- wherein the pin is formed to protrude from the inlet pipe flange of the catalytic converter,and
- wherein the gasket is brought into contact with the inlet pipe flange of the catalytic converter while the pin is inserted into and engaged with the pin hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.