Muffler

1. A muffler for a line carrying gas and airborne sound, for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, said muffler comprising:

a housing in which an inside pipe is arranged for carrying gas in the interior of the housing; and

an inside plate having an opening, said inside plate positioned in said housing and reinforcing said housing;

wherein only the inside pipe, and no other pipe, penetrates through said opening in said inside plate,

wherein a first circumferential section of said opening has a radial play with respect to said inside pipe,

wherein a first spring-elastic tongue is defined in said opening in the area of the inside pipe, said first spring-elastic tongue forming on its free end a second circumferential section of the opening and being fixedly connected to said inside pipe, and

wherein the inside pipe is the only pipe connected to the inside plate at said opening.

2. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said first spring-elastic tongue is formed by free culling or free punching on said inside plate.

3. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said first spring-elastic tongue on its fixed end runs essentially parallel to said inside plate.

4. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein at its free end, said first tongue is attached to said inside pipe in a second plane which is angled to the plane in which the inside plate extends.

5. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein at its free end, said first tongue is attached to said inside pipe in a second plane which is at a distance from the plane in which the inside plate extends.

6. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said inside plate separates at least a first and a second chamber of said muffler from one another.

7. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said inside plate separates at least one absorption chamber and one expansion chamber from one another in said muffler.

8. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein side walls of the first tongue run in a plane arranged at a distance from said inside plate.

9. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein walls of said first tongue run in a plane arranged at a distance from said inside plate.

10. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein slots disposed between said first tongue and said inside plate are adapted to reduce leakage of absorbent material from the absorption chamber.

11. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said first tongue, said inside plate and the inside pipe are arranged so that slots formed between the first tongue and the inside plate taper due to thermal expansion during operation of the muffler.

12. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein one slot end between the first tongue and the inside plate is free of notching.

13. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said free end of said first tongue is welded to the inside pipe.

14. The muffler according to claim 13 , wherein a bend angle between said first tongue and said inside plate is selected according to a main direction of absorption of thermal stresses.

15. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein a second spring-elastic tongue is defined in said opening in said inside plate, wherein said first and second spring-elastic tongues are arranged at the inside pipe with a distance between each other in a longitudinal direction of said inside pipe.

16. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein said inside plate further comprises a perforated area.