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US 7,604,092 B2Granted
Exhaust system
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAndreas Fritz
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Abstract
In an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, a tailpipe cover is disposed on the exhaust pipe and protrudes through a cutout in the vehicle rear part with a defined gap clearance. In a hot condition, where a length of the exhaust system is increased due to thermal expansion, a greater clearance arises between the edge of the cutout and the tailpipe cover than in the cold condition. The tailpipe cover is trumpet cone shaped.
Claims12
An exhaust system, comprising:
- a tailpipe;
- a tailpipe cover connected to said tailpipe and protruding through a cutout formed in a vehicle rear part and enclosing said tailpipe cover completely;
- said tailpipe cover having a trumpet shape with a first section of a relatively smaller diameter and an end-side second section adjoining said first section and having a relatively larger diameter, said first section having the relatively smaller diameter disposed upstream along an exhaust gas flow and is matched to and connected to said tailpipe, and an adjoining, convexly curved transition region is disposed between said first section and said second section of said tailpipe cover;
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- wherein, in a cold condition of the exhaust system, said second section of said tailpipe cover is disposed in a cold position defining a relatively smaller gap clearance with respect to the cutout and, in a hot condition of the exhaust system, said second section is disposed in a hot position defining a relatively larger gap clearance between said tailpipe cover and the cutout, and said gap clearance is temporarily increased in the hot position due to thermal increase in length of the exhaust system.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle rear part having a rear region being drawn inward and of a convexly curved configuration and having a cutout formed therein;
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- an exhaust system, containing:
- a tailpipe;
- a tailpipe cover connected to said tailpipe and protruding through said cutout formed in said vehicle rear part and enclosing said tailpipe cover completely;
- said tailpipe cover having a trumpet shape with a first section of a relatively smaller diameter and an end-side second section adjoining said first section and having a relatively larger diameter, said first section having the relatively smaller diameter is disposed upstream along an exhaust gas flow and being matched to and connected to said exhaust pipe, and an adjoining, convexly curved transition region is disposed between said first section and said second section of said tailpipe cover, said convexly curved transition region disposed adjacent said rear region of said vehicle rear part;
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- wherein, in a cold condition of said exhaust system, said second section of said tailpipe cover is disposed in a cold position defining a relatively smaller gap clearance with respect to the cutout and, in a hot condition of the exhaust system, said second section is disposed in a hot position defining a relatively larger gap clearance between said tailpipe cover and the cutout, and said gap clearance is temporarily increased in the hot position due to a thermal increase in a length of said exhaust system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.