IP Library Granted Patent US 7,604,092
Granted Patent B2
US 7,604,092 · App. 11/800,511 · Granted Oct 20, 2009

Exhaust system

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Patent No.
US 7,604,092
App. No.
11/800,511
Granted
Oct 20, 2009
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (22)

1. 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; and

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.

2. The exhaust system according to claim 1 , wherein, in the cold position of the exhaust system, the smaller gap clearance is formed between the cutout in the vehicle rear part and said second section of said tailpipe cover.

3. The exhaust system according to claim 1 , wherein, in the hot position of the exhaust system, the larger gap clearance is formed between the cutout in the vehicle rear part and said convexly curved transition region between said first section and said second section of said tailpipe cover.

4. The exhaust system according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second sections of said tailpipe cover are connected to one another through said convexly curved transition region and said convexly curved transition region, together with an inwardly drawn-in edge of the cutout, defining an air throughflow passage having the relatively larger gap clearance.

5. The exhaust system according to claim 1 , wherein, in the cold position, said tailpipe cover has a gap clearance, relative the cutout in the vehicle rear part, associated with a basic position and, in the hot position, said tailpipe cover has a gap clearance, relative the cutout, associated with an end position.

6. The exhaust system according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second sections are connected through said convexly curved transition region formed as a uniform transition cone.

7. 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; and

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; and

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.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein, in the cold position of said exhaust system, the smaller gap clearance is formed between said cutout in said vehicle rear part and said second section of said tailpipe cover.

9. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein, in the hot position of said exhaust system, the larger gap clearance is formed between said cutout in said vehicle rear part and said convexly curved transition region between said first section and said second section of said tailpipe cover.

10. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein said first and second sections of said tailpipe cover are connected to one another through said convexly curved transition region and said convexly curved transition region, together with an inwardly drawn-in edge of said cutout, defining an air throughflow passage having the relatively larger gap clearance.

11. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein, in the cold position, said tailpipe cover has a gap clearance, relative said cutout in said vehicle rear part, associated with a basic position and, in the hot position, said tailpipe cover has a gap clearance, relative said cutout, associated with an end position.

12. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein said first and second sections are connected through said convexly curved transition region formed as a uniform transition cone.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024689/0278 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024684/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2009
From: FRITZ, ANDREAS
To: DR. ING. H.C F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
Reel/Frame 023115/0693 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 30, 2008
From: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NUMBER 722287)
Reel/Frame 021184/0926 →