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US 2026/0009348 A1Published application
Muffler for an exhaust system and method for making a muffler
AssigneePurem GmbH
InventorsMario Drumm, Sven Gross, Thomas Beck
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Abstract
A muffler for an exhaust system includes a circumferential wall surrounding a muffler interior, at least one muffler wall, which adjoins the circumferential wall and/or is arranged in the muffler interior, at least one muffler tube, which extends in the direction of a tube axis and passes through a tube passage opening in at least one muffler wall. At least one muffler tube passing through a tube passage opening in a muffler wall is connected to the muffler wall by a bayonet connector.
Claims19
A muffler for an exhaust system, the muffler comprising:
- a circumferential wall surrounding a muffler interior;
- at least one muffler wall wherefor at least one of the following applies:
- i) said at least one muffler wall adjoins said circumferential wall;
- and,
- ii) said at least one muffler wall is arranged in said muffler interior;
- said at least one muffler wall having a tube passage opening formed therein;
- at least one muffler tube extending in the direction of a tube axis and passing through said tube passage opening in said at least one muffler wall;
- and,
- said at least one muffler tube passing through said tube passage opening in said muffler wall and being connected to said muffler wall by a bayonet connector.
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A method for making a muffler including:
- a circumferential wall surrounding a muffler interior;
- at least one muffler wall wherefor at least one of the following applies:
- i) said at least one muffler wall adjoins said circumferential wall;
- and,
- ii) said at least one muffler wall is arranged in said muffler interior;
- said at least one muffler wall having a tube passage opening formed therein;
- at least one muffler tube extending in the direction of a tube axis and passing through said tube passage opening in said at least one muffler wall;
- and,
- said at least one muffler tube passing through said tube passage opening in said muffler wall and being connected to said muffler wall by a bayonet connector;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- a) supplying at least one component including either the muffler tube or the muffler wall having at least one bayonet connector receptacle;
- b) supplying the other component including either the muffler tube or the muffler wall having at least one bayonet connector projection;
- c) inserting the at least one muffler tube into the tube passage opening in the at least one muffler wall in such a way that each bayonet connector projection on the other component including either the muffler tube or the muffler wall is received in a bayonet connector receptacle of the one component including either the muffler tube or the muffler wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.