Muffler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10196947-B2
Application number	US-201715409173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2017
Priority date	Feb 2, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A muffler includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an extender tube, a reverse flow tube, and a separation chamber. The first chamber is coupled to an exhaust inlet of the muffler. The extender tube is coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber. The exhaust gas flows from the first chamber to the second chamber through the extender tube in a first direction. The reverse flow tube coupled to the second chamber. The exhaust gas flows through the second chamber from the extender tube to the reverse flow tube in a second direction different than the first direction. The separation chamber that provides spatial separation between the first and second chamber.

First claim

I claim:

1. A muffler including:
a first chamber coupled to an exhaust inlet of the muffler;
a second chamber;
an extender tube coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein an exhaust gas flows from the first chamber to the second chamber through the extender tube in a first direction;
a separation chamber that provides spatial separation between the first chamber and the second chamber; and
a reverse flow tube coupled to the second chamber and the separation chamber,
wherein the exhaust gas flows through the second chamber from the extender tube to a first set of perforations on a circumference of the reverse flow tube in a second direction different than the first direction, and
wherein the first set of perforations are disposed in the separation chamber and the second chamber.

2. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas flows through the second chamber from a second set of perforations on a circumference of the extender tube to the first set of perforations on the circumference of the reverse flow tube.

3. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is substantially parallel to and in an opposite direction to the second direction.

4. The muffler of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first baffle adjacent to the first chamber; and
a second baffle adjacent to the second chamber, wherein the extender tube traverses the separation chamber by passing through the first baffle and the second baffle.

5. The muffler of claim 4 , wherein the first baffle includes a first opening for the extender tube and the second baffle includes a second opening for the extender tube.

6. The muffler of claim 4 , wherein the second baffle includes a receiving flange for the reverse flow tube, wherein the reverse flow tube abuts the second baffle.

7. The muffler of claim 6 , wherein the reverse flow tube does not pass through the second baffle.

8. The muffler of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outlet tube coupled to the reverse flow tube and configured to expel the exhaust gas flows away from the muffler.

9. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the separation chamber includes one or more baffles having a predetermined thickness.

10. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the separation chamber is sealed from the first chamber, the second chamber, or both and does not include the exhaust gas.

11. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the separation chamber receives the exhaust gas from the first set of perforations of the reverse flow tube.

12. The muffler of claim 11 , wherein the separation chamber is sealed from the first chamber and the second chamber except for the reverse flow tube.

13. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the separation chamber creates an impedance mismatch between the first chamber and the second chamber.

14. The muffler of claim 13 , wherein the impedance mismatch attenuates low frequencies sounds.

15. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein a length of the separation chamber is less than a quarter wavelength of sound waves at a set of predetermined frequencies from an engine coupled to the muffler.

16. The muffler of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust inlet of the muffler is spaced from the extender tube by a predetermined distance, wherein a space from the predetermined distance spreads exhaust pulses over time.

17. A method comprising:
forming a cylindrical housing including a first chamber and a second chamber;
inserting a first baffle and a second baffle into the cylindrical housing;
sliding an extender tube through the first baffle and the second baffle to form a separation chamber between the first baffle and the second baffle, wherein exhaust gas flows from the first chamber to the second chamber through the extender tube from a first set of perforations on a circumference of the extender tube in the first chamber to a second set of perforations on the circumference of the extender tube in the second chamber in a first direction; and
abutting a reverse flow tube against the second baffle, wherein the exhaust gas flows through the second chamber from the second set of perforations of the extender tube to the reverse flow tube in a second direction different than the first direction.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
securing an end cap against the cylindrical housing and the reverse flow tube.

19. An engine comprising:
at least one cylinder shaped to receive a piston;
a combustion chamber that generates a force to move the piston and an exhaust gas; and
a muffler comprising:
a first chamber coupled to an exhaust inlet of the muffler;
a second chamber;
an extender tube coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the exhaust gas from the first chamber to the second chamber flows through the extender tube in a first direction;
a reverse flow tube coupled to the second chamber, wherein the exhaust gas flows through the second chamber from the extender tube to the reverse flow tube in a second direction different than the first direction; and
a separation chamber that provides spatial separation between the first and second chamber, wherein the separation chamber is sealed from the exhaust gas.

20. The engine of claim 19 , wherein a length of the separation chamber is less than a quarter wavelength of sound waves at a set of predetermined frequencies from the engine.

Assignees

• Kohler Co

Inventors

• Leroy Tyler W

Classifications

• F01N1/023 Primary

  Helmholtz resonators · CPC title

• F01N2490/02

  Two or more expansion chambers in series connected by means of tubes · CPC title

• F01N2470/18

  the axis of inlet or outlet tubes being other than the longitudinal axis of apparatus · CPC title

• F01N2470/02

  Tubes being perforated · CPC title

• F01N1/082

  by passing the exhaust gases through porous members · CPC title