Structure of muffler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10208639-B2
Application number	US-201615367025-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2016
Priority date	Aug 18, 2016
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A structure pof muffler may include a housing which has a space therein, and has a first side connected to an inlet pipe into which exhaust gas flows, a first baffle which divides an interior of the housing into a front chamber and an intermediate chamber connected to the inlet pipe, a second baffle which divides the interior of the housing into a rear chamber and the intermediate chamber connected to the inlet pipe, and a discharge pipe which is mounted to penetrate the first baffle and the second baffle, and mounted such that a first end of the discharge pipe is positioned in the rear chamber, and a second end of the discharge pipe extends through the front chamber and penetrates the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A structure of a muffler, comprising:
a housing which has a space therein, and has a first side connected to an inlet pipe into which exhaust gas flows;
a first baffle which divides an interior of the housing into a front chamber and an intermediate chamber connected to the inlet pipe;
a second baffle which divides the interior of the housing into a rear chamber and the intermediate chamber connected to the inlet pipe; and
a discharge pipe which is mounted to penetrate the first baffle and the second baffle, and mounted such that a first end of the discharge pipe is positioned in the rear chamber, and a second end of the discharge pipe extends through the front chamber and penetrates the housing,
wherein at least one of the front chamber and the rear chamber is filled with an acoustic absorbent, inlet holes into which exhaust gas flows are formed in the discharge pipe in a section where the discharge pipe is positioned in the intermediate chamber, and through holes through which exhaust gas flows in and out are formed in the discharge pipe in a section where the discharge pipe is positioned in the front chamber and a section where the discharge pipe is positioned in the rear chamber,
wherein a number of communication holes formed in the first baffle is larger than a number of communication holes formed in the second baffle, and
wherein the first end of the discharge pipe, which is positioned in the rear chamber, is blocked by a cap.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein two discharge pipes are disposed in parallel.

3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the discharge pipe is mounted such that a length of the section where the discharge pipe is positioned in the front chamber is longer than a length of the section where the discharge pipe is positioned in the rear chamber.

4. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic absorbent is glass wool.

5. The structure of claim 1 , wherein a third baffle, which divides the front chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber, is additionally mounted.

6. The structure of claim 5 , wherein the through holes are formed at positions where the discharge pipe fluidicaily-communicates with the first chamber and the second chamber.

7. The structure of claim 1 , wherein a fourth baffle, which divides the rear chamber into a third chamber and a fourth chamber, is additionally mounted.

8. The structure of claim 7 , wherein the through holes are formed at positions where the discharge pipe fluidly-communicates with the third chamber and the fourth chamber.

9. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the through holes have a smaller inner diameter than the inlet hole.

10. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the through holes are formed to have a uniform size around the discharge pipe.

11. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the housing is formed to have a polyhedral shape having two relatively longer sides and two relatively shorter sides, the inlet pipe is configured to penetrate one of the relatively longer sides in a direction perpendicular to the relatively longer side, and the discharge pipe is configured to penetrate one of the relatively shorter sides in a direction perpendicular to the relatively shorter side.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Sejong Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Ju-Hyuck
• Kim Hong-Jae
• Park Ki-Chul
• Jung In-Sung
• Chae Seung-Hoon

Classifications

• F01N1/006

  comprising at least one perforated tube extending from inlet to outlet of the silencer · CPC title

• G10K11/161

  in systems with fluid flow (G10K11/162 takes precedence; gas flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines in general or for internal combustion engine F01N, noise absorbers in pipes or pipe systems F16L55/02; noise absorption in air conditioning and ventilation F24F13/24; silencing exhaust or propulsion jets in aircraft B64D33/06) · CPC title

• F01N2470/18

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

• G10K11/172

  using resonance effects · CPC title

• F01N1/24

  by using sound-absorbing materials (F01N1/04, F01N1/06, F01N1/10, F01N1/14, F01N1/16 take precedence) · CPC title