IP Library Granted Patent US 8,997,922
Granted Patent B1
US 8,997,922 · App. 14/062,149 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Exhaust muffler for vehicle

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,997,922
App. No.
14/062,149
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B1
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.

Claims (18)

1. 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.

2. The exhaust muffler for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the spark arrester body comprises a mesh-like member.

3. The exhaust muffler for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the exhaust flow path narrowing portion is comprises a lid member having a through hole, the lid member being provided at an upstream portion of the exit communication pipe.

4. The exhaust muffler for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein

an opening area of the through hole is substantially equal to a cross-sectional area of an exhaust flow path at an upstream end of the exhaust pipe.

5. The exhaust muffler for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein

a difference between a cross-sectional area perpendicular to an exhaust flow path of the exit communication pipe and a cross-sectional area perpendicular to an exhaust flow path of the spark arrester is substantially equal to an opening area of the through hole.

6. The exhaust muffler for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

an upstream end of the spark arrester body is spaced apart from the exhaust flow path narrowing portion.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060300/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2013
From: YOSHIDA, ATSUYA
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 031471/0810 →