Exhaust tip
AssigneeLacks Industries, Inc.
InventorsLee A. Chase, Kevin Paul Burch
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Abstract
An exhaust tip for attachment to a tailpipe that includes a thermoset heat shield at least partially surrounding and fastened to the tailpipe, and a thermoplastic decorative cover at least partially surrounding and fastened to the thermoset heat shield. The thermoset heat shield insulates the thermoplastic decorative cover from thermal effects of the tailpipe and spaces the thermoplastic decorative cover a predetermined distance away from the tailpipe.
Claims35
An exhaust assembly for attachment to an exhaust pipe, said exhaust assembly comprising:
- a heat shield at least partially surrounding and fastened to said exhaust pipe;
- and
- a decorative cover at least partially surrounding and fastened to said heat shield;
- said heat shield insulating said decorative cover from thermal effects of said exhaust pipe and spacing said decorative cover a predetermined distance away from said exhaust pipe.
An exhaust tip for attachment to a tailpipe of an engine, said exhaust tip comprising:
- a polymeric heat shield fastened to and at least partially surrounding a portion of said tailpipe;
- and
- a polymeric decorative cover fastened to and at least partially surrounding a portion of said polymeric heat shield;
- said polymeric heat shield insulating said polymeric decorative cover from thermal effects of said tailpipe and spacing said polymeric decorative cover a predetermined distance away from said tailpipe.
An exhaust tip affixed to an end of a tailpipe for use on an exhaust system, said exhaust tip comprising:
- a thermoset heat shield fastened to a portion of said tailpipe and at least partially surrounding said end of said tailpipe;
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- a thermoplastic decorative cover comprising an upstream end and an upstream opening therethrough, said thermoplastic decorative cover at least partially surrounding said thermoset heat shield;
- said thermoset heat shield insulating said thermoplastic decorative cover from thermal effects of said tailpipe and spacing said thermoplastic decorative cover a predetermined distance away from said tailpipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.