IP Library Granted Patent US 10,900,449
Granted Patent B2
US 10,900,449 · App. 15/755,979 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Vehicle silencer

Inventors: Jai Yoon Shin (Anyang-si, KR); Junguk Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: COOPERSTANDARD AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL INC.
F02M35/1266F02M35/1216F02M35/1261
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Patent No.
US 10,900,449
App. No.
15/755,979
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle silencer comprising: a first case provided in a vehicle; a second case coupled to the first case; a resonant chamber positioned between the first case and the second case; and a passing hole formed by penetrating the second case, such that the inside of the second case and the resonant chamber communicate with each other therethrough, wherein the second case includes a first passing member formed such that the thickness thereof gradually decreases toward a first direction.

Claims (27)

1. A vehicle silencer comprising:

a first case installed in a vehicle;

a second case coupled with the first case;

a resonance chamber located between the first case and the second case; and

a through hole formed to pass through the second case to allow an inside of the second case and the resonance chamber to communicate with each other,

wherein the second case comprises a first through member located on one side of the through hole and a second through member spaced apart from the first through member in a first direction and located on the other side of the through hole,

wherein a first through surface which faces the second through member is formed at the first through member, a second through surface which faces the first through member is formed at the second through member, whereby the through hole is located between the first through surface and the second through surface,

wherein the through hole is formed to have a slit shape which extends along a perimeter of the second case,

wherein the second case is formed to allow a value obtained by dividing a length of the through hole in the first direction by a thickness of the second case in an axial direction perpendicular to the first direction, to be greater than 2,

wherein the first through surface is formed to protrude in the first direction between an inner surface of the second case and an outer surface of the second case,

wherein the second through surface is formed to protrude in a second direction opposite the first direction between an inner surface of the second case and an outer surface of the second case.

2. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the first through surface is formed to be a curved surface.

3. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the second case is formed of plastic.

4. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the first through surface is formed such that a point at which a maximum length of protrusion in the first direction occurs is located at a position spaced apart from the inner surface of the second case and the outer surface of the second case by the same distance.

5. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the first through surface is formed to protrude by a maximum length in the first direction between an inner surface of the second case and an outer surface of the second case.

6. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein gases flow in the first direction in the second case, and

wherein the first through surface is formed to be an incline at a point connected to the outer surface of the second case and to protrude by the maximum length in the first direction.

7. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the second through surface is formed to be a curved surface.

8. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the second through surface is formed such that a point at which a maximum length of protrusion in the second direction occurs is located at a position spaced apart from the inner surface of the second case and the outer surface of the second case by the same distance.

9. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the second through surface is formed to protrude by a maximum length in the second direction between an inner surface of the second case and an outer surface of the second case.

10. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein gases flow in the first direction in the second case, and

wherein the second through surface is formed to be an incline at a point connected to the inner surface of the second case and to protrude by a maximum length in the second direction.

11. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein gases flow in the first direction in the second case,

wherein the first through surface is formed at the first through member to be tilted to form an obtuse included angle between the first through member and an inner surface of the second case, and

wherein the second through surface is formed at the second through member to be tilted to form an acute included angle between the second through member and the inner surface of the second case.

12. The vehicle silencer of claim 1 , wherein the first through surface is formed to have a cross section of a semi-elliptical shape or a semicircular shape, and

wherein the second through surface is formed to have a cross section of a semi-elliptical shape or a semicircular shape.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (062545/0715) Recorded Mar 4, 2026
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 075022/0267 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED REEL/FRAME (062544/0357) Recorded Mar 4, 2026
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 075022/0543 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (1ST LIEN) Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062544/0357 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (3RD LIEN) Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062545/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2018
From: LS MTRON LTD.
To: COOPERSTANDARD AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL INC.
Reel/Frame 047678/0130 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: SHIN, JAI YOON; LEE, JUNGUK
To: LS MTRON LTD.
Reel/Frame 045866/0819 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2018
From: SHIN, JAI YOON; LEE, JUNGUK
To: LS MTRON LTD.
Reel/Frame 045476/0708 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0124160 · Sep 2, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0061178 · May 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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