Exhaust manifold for exhaust system of a combustion engine
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsUwe Fischer, Tobias Gockel, Ali Asgar Kharwawala, Elmar Grussmann
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Abstract
An exhaust manifold for an exhaust system of a combustion engine includes an internal pipe system having a plurality of pipe sections and an outer shell which is disposed in spaced-apart surrounding relationship to the internal pipe system and joined to an outlet flange. The outlet flange includes a neck portion, an outer flange portion adjacent to the neck portion, and an inwardly directed shoulder portion which extends from the neck portion outwards, with the outer shell being joined at the shoulder portion to the outlet flange.
Claims13
An exhaust manifold for an exhaust system of a combustion engine, comprising:
- an internal pipe system having a plurality of pipe sections;
- an outer shell in spaced-apart surrounding relationship to the internal pipe system;
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- an outlet flange assembly comprising a neck portion, an outer flange portion adjacent to the neck portion, and an inwardly directed shoulder portion extending from the neck portion outwards,
- wherein the outlet flange assembly is separate from the outer shell, said outer shell being joined at the shoulder portion to the outlet flange assembly, leaving the neck portion and the outer flange portion exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.