Exhaust clamp for a motorcycle
AssigneeHarley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Bozmoski, Brian Campbell
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Abstract
The invention recites an exhaust pipe clamp for clamping at least two pipes. The clamp includes a band formed to at least partially surround each of the two pipes, the band defining an internal volume. A reaction block is interconnected with the band and disposed substantially within the internal volume. The exhaust clamp also includes a clamping member operable to reduce the internal volume of the band.
Claims20
An exhaust pipe clamp for clamping at least two pipes, the clamp comprising:
- a band formed to at least partially surround each of the two pipes, the band defining an internal volume;
- a first reaction block and a second reaction block, the first and second reaction blocks interconnected with the band and disposed substantially within the internal volume;
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- a clamping member operable to reduce the internal volume of the band.
An exhaust system comprising:
- a first outside pipe;
- a second outside pipe spaced a distance from the first pipe;
- a first inside pipe, a portion of which is at least partially disposed within the first outside pipe;
- a second inside pipe, a portion of which is at least partially disposed within the second outside pipe;
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- a pipe clamp including a band at least partially surrounding a portion of the first and second outside pipes, a first reaction block and a second reaction block, the first and second reaction blocks interconnected with the band and disposed between the first and second outside pipes, and a clamping member operable to move the first and second outside pipes into substantial sealing contact with the first and second inside pipes respectively.
A pipe clamp operable to provide a joint between first and second outside pipes and first and second inside pipes, the clamp comprising:
- a band formed to define a partial figure-eight shape at least partially surrounding the first and second outside pipes adjacent the joint;
- a first reaction block having an arcuate surface;
- a second reaction block having an arcuate surface, the first and second reaction blocks positioned within the band, the band and arcuate surfaces together substantially defining two arcuate lobes, each lobe having a size and substantially surrounding one of the first and second outside pipes adjacent the joint;
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- a clamping member defining a clamping axis and operable to move the first reaction block and the second reaction block perpendicular to the clamping axis and toward the first and second outside pipes respectively to reduce the size of the two arcuate lobes and to move the first and second outside pipes into substantial sealing contact with the first and second inside pipes respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.