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US 8,997,922 B1Granted
Exhaust muffler for vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsuya Yoshida
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Abstract
An exhaust muffler for a vehicle includes a muffler body coupled to an exhaust pipe and a tailpipe coupled to the muffler body. The muffler body has a plurality of expansion chambers, an exit communication pipe that discharges exhaust to the tailpipe from one of the plurality of expansion chambers positioned in a most downstream part of an exhaust flow path, and a spark arrester arranged in the exit communication pipe. An exhaust flow path narrowing portion is provided at an entrance portion of the exit communication pipe.
Claims6
An exhaust muffler for a vehicle comprising:
- a muffler body coupled to an exhaust pipe;
- and
- a tailpipe coupled to the muffler body;
- wherein the muffler body includes:
- a plurality of expansion chambers;
- an exit communication pipe that discharges exhaust to the tailpipe from one of the plurality of expansion chambers positioned in a most downstream part of an exhaust flow path;
- an exhaust flow path narrowing portion at an upstream end of the exit communication pipe;
- and
- a spark arrester body arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust flow path narrowing portion in the exit communication pipe.
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