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Granted Patent B2
US 12,345,186 · App. 18/091,561 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Exhaust structure for engine

Inventors: Kunal Shamsundar Koyande (Pune, IN); Hisatoyo Arima (Hyogo, JP); Kozo Suzuki (Hyogo, JP); Yasuhiko Kanatake (Hyogo, JP); Hiroshi Kato (Hyogo, JP); Akio Fujiki (Hyogo, JP); Tomoyuki Takeshita (Hyogo, JP); Kazuki Aizawa (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
F01N13/00F01N13/08F01N2470/08F01N2470/22F01N2590/04
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Patent No.
US 12,345,186
App. No.
18/091,561
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust structure for an engine includes: a catalyst converter configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; a catalyst pipe in which the catalyst converter is accommodated; and a lead-out pipe configured to lead the exhaust gas to the catalyst pipe. The lead-out pipe is closed at a downstream end thereof, and has a plurality of discharge holes formed in a peripheral wall thereof.

Claims (19)

1. An exhaust structure for an engine, comprising:

a catalyst converter configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine;

a catalyst pipe in which the catalyst converter is accommodated; and

a lead-out pipe configured to lead the exhaust gas to the catalyst pipe,

the lead-out pipe having a plurality of discharge holes formed in a peripheral wall thereof; and

a closing member which is fitted to an opening of a downstream end portion of the lead-out pipe and closes the downstream end portion of the lead-out pipe.

2. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the discharge holes are formed over an entire region in a circumferential direction of the peripheral wall.

3. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an axis of the lead-out pipe is inclined relative to an axis of the catalyst pipe.

4. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

a curved portion is provided in the lead-out pipe or a pipe upstream of the lead-out pipe, and

an opening area of the discharge holes on an outer side of curve is set so as to smaller than an opening area of the discharge holes on an inner side of curve.

5. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the cylindrical catalyst pipe is set so as to be larger than an inner diameter of the lead-out pipe.

6. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sum of opening areas of the discharge holes is larger than a closed outlet area of the lead-out pipe.

7. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engine is a single-cylinder engine.

8. A saddle riding vehicle comprising the exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

an exhaust pipe is connected to a front surface of the engine, and

the lead-out pipe is disposed in front of the engine.

9. The exhaust structure for the engine as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second catalyst converter downstream of the catalyst converter,

wherein an axis of the second catalyst converter is inclined relative to an axis of the first catalyst converter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: KOYANDE, KUNAL SHAMSUNDAR; ARIMA, HISATOYO; SUZUKI, KOZO; KANATAKE, YASUHIKO; KATO, HIROSHI; FUJIKI, AKIO; TAKESHITA, TOMOYUKI; AIZAWA, KAZUKI
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062244/0472 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 202111009610 · Mar 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022008509 · Mar 1, 2022
Related Publication 20230134048A1 · May 4, 2023
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