IP Library Granted Patent US 8,056,327
Granted Patent B2
US 8,056,327 · App. 11/614,124 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Micro-venturi exhaust cooling device

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Patent No.
US 8,056,327
App. No.
11/614,124
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust gas-cooling device for use on an exhaust gas conveyance system of a vehicle having an exhaust gas passageway to emit exhaust gases from an engine to an outlet includes an exhaust passageway pipe in fluid communication with the engine, and a micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe in fluid communication with and located downstream of the exhaust passageway pipe. The micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe defines the outlet of the exhaust gas-cooling device and has at least one aperture disposed on a pipe body of the micro-venturi mixing chamber for introducing ambient air into the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe.

Claims (11)

1. An exhaust gas-cooling device for use on an exhaust gas conveyance system of a vehicle having an exhaust gas passageway to emit exhaust gases from an engine to an outlet, the exhaust gas passageway being in fluid communication with air from the ambient, comprising:

an exhaust passageway pipe in fluid communication with the engine;

a micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe having a first end in fluid communication with and located downstream of the exhaust passageway pipe, and a second end defining the outlet of the exhaust gas-cooling device, the exhaust passageway pipe and the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe being joined to form a closed channel at the junction;

at least one aperture disposed on the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe;

an ambient air intake pipe that is at least partially disposed within the exhaust passageway pipe, the ambient air intake pipe being disposed upstream of the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe, the ambient air intake pipe has at least one side opening in the exhaust passageway pipe that is directly open to the ambient and is unenclosed; and

a constriction portion disposed at the junction of the exhaust passageway pipe and the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe, wherein when the exhaust gas flows through the constriction portion, the pressure at the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe is reduced from the pressure upstream of the constriction portion, and the ambient air is drawn into the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe from the at least one aperture.

2. The exhaust gas cooling device of claim 1 wherein the at least one aperture defines a plurality of apertures disposed on the pipe body.

3. The exhaust gas cooling device of claim 2 wherein the plurality of apertures are triangular, square or half-circle in shape.

4. The exhaust gas cooling device of claim 2 wherein the plurality of apertures are disposed along the length and around the periphery of the pipe body.

5. The exhaust gas-cooling device of claim 1 wherein the ambient air intake pipe has a body portion and the least one side pipe extending from the body to the opening to the ambient in the exhaust passageway pipe.

6. The exhaust gas-cooling device of claim 5 wherein the at least one side pipe defines an ambient air inlet in fluid communication with the body, which is in fluid communication with the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe, wherein the reduced pressure at the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe draws ambient air through the ambient air intake pipe to the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe.

Assignments (1)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2017
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: INTERNATIONAL ENGINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC; INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC; NAVISTAR, INC.; NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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