Exhaust muffler for combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10196948-B2
Application number	US-201615355637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2016
Priority date	Dec 11, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A muffler for decreasing the amount of noise of exhaust gases from a combustion engine is fluid connected with an exhaust port of an engine cylinder through an exhaust pipe. The interior of the muffler is divided into a first expansion chamber on the most upstream side, and a second expansion chamber on a downstream side thereof. The exhaust pipe is fluid connected with the muffler so as to be present within the first expansion chamber. The muffler is furthermore provided with a cooling pipe, which extends through the first expansion chamber, and a cooling air flows through cooling pipe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A muffler to decrease an amount of noise emitted by exhaust gases of an engine, the muffler comprising:
a muffler main body portion having a silencing chamber defined therein;
a muffler covering configured to cover an outer circumference of the muffler main body portion;
a cooling passage formed between the muffler main body portion and the muffler covering; and
a cooling pipe configured to flow an external air through the muffler, wherein
the cooling pipe passes through a peripheral wall of the muffler main body portion, and has opposite ends open to the outside of the muffler, and
the opposite ends of the cooling pipe are open to the cooling passage.

2. The muffler as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first expansion chamber defined therein, wherein the cooling pipe extends through the first expansion chamber.

3. The muffler as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a catalyst configured to substantially purify the exhaust gases; and a second expansion chamber on one side downstream of the first expansion chamber, wherein
the catalyst is disposed between the first expansion chamber and the second expansion chamber.

4. The muffler as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the engine comprises a cooling fan to provide a cooling air, and
the cooling pipe extends in a direction conforming to a direction of flow of the cooling air from the cooling fan of the engine.

5. The muffler as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the engine comprises:
an exhaust pipe having a downstream end closed, the exhaust pipe being connected with the muffler while extending through the peripheral wall of the muffler main body portion; and
a discharge port open into the muffler, which port is formed in a peripheral wall of the exhaust pipe, and
the cooling pipe is disposed in the vicinity of the exhaust pipe.

6. The muffler as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engine is provided with a carburetor.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Masui Kazuki
• Akase Shinya

Classifications

• F01N2470/02

  Tubes being perforated · CPC title

• F01N2470/18

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

• F01N3/0205 Primary

  using heat exchangers · CPC title

• F01N1/083

  using transversal baffles defining a tortuous path for the exhaust gases or successively throttling exhaust gas flow · CPC title

• F01N2260/20

  for heat or sound protection, e.g. using a shield or specially shaped outer surface of exhaust device · CPC title