Muffler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9388719-B2
Application number	US-201314406169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2013
Priority date	Jun 7, 2012
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a muffler comprising: an outer shell; an outlet pipe, which is formed into a tubular shape containing a pair of open end-parts and is comprising an inlet port, wherein one of the open end-parts and the inlet port are arranged inside the outer shell; a valve body formed into a plate-like shape to cover the inlet port from the inside of the outlet pipe; an axis member that pivotally supports the valve body to the outlet pipe so that the valve body pivots inside the outlet pipe; and a biasing member that applies a biasing force in the radial direction of the outlet pipe to the valve body so as to occlude the inlet port.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A muffler comprising;
an outer shell configured to receive exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine;
an outlet pipe that is formed into a tubular shape containing a pair of open end-parts, and comprises an inlet port that is an opening passing through an outer surface and an inner surface of the outlet pipe, wherein one open end-part of the pair of open end-parts and the inlet port are arranged inside the outer shell so as to discharge the exhaust gases from the outer shell to the outside;
a valve body formed into a plate-like shape to cover the inlet port from the inside of the outlet pipe;
an axis member that pivotally supports the valve body so that the valve body pivots inside the outlet pipe;
a biasing member that applies a biasing force in a radial direction of the outlet pipe to the valve body so as to occlude the inlet port, wherein the biasing member comprises a double torsion spring; and
a resisting part connected to the valve body to increase a force to close a valve by the exhaust gases that flow from one open end-part of the pair of open end-parts into the outlet pipe and to circulate therein.

2. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the axis member pivotally supports the valve body at an end part of the inlet port on an upstream side of a flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe.

3. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the resisting part is extended from the valve body towards an upstream direction of a flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe so as to resist the exhaust gases that circulate inside the outlet pipe.

4. The muffler according to claim 3 ,
wherein the valve body is supported by the axis member at an end part of the inlet port on the upstream side of the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe; and
wherein the resisting part is extended from a section of the upstream side of the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe arranged upstream of a section of the flow path where the valve body is supported by the axis member.

5. The muffler according to claim 4 comprising an extension extended from an end part, unconnected to the valve body, of the resisting part towards the upstream side of the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe so as to reduce the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe.

6. The muffler according to claim 5 ,
wherein an end part, connected to the resisting part, of the extension is referred to as a valve body connecting-end, and an end-part opposite the valve body connecting-end, of the extension is referred to as a non-connecting end; and
wherein the extension is extended so that the non-connecting end is closer to the axis member in the radial direction of the outlet pipe than the valve body connecting-end is.

7. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the resisting part is integrally formed with the valve body.

8. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet port is formed into a shape with an opening width that increases along a flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe.

9. The muffler according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outlet pipe comprises two concaves on each of two spots thereon facing each other across an axial direction of the outlet pipe, the two concaves being formed by denting the outer surface of the outlet pipe inward; and
wherein end parts of the axis member disposed inside the outlet pipe are supported by the two concaves.

10. The muffler according to claim 1 , further comprising a small-diameter pipe, which has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the outlet pipe and comprises the pair of open end-parts, wherein one open end-part of the pair of open end-parts is connected to the outlet pipe at a location upstream of the inlet port relative to the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe.

11. The muffler according to claim 10 ,
wherein the outer shell comprises a partition wall to form multiple spaces for the exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine to flow in; and
wherein, in the small-diameter pipe, an other end-part, unconnected to the outlet pipe, of the pair of open end-parts is located at a space different from a space where the inlet port is located inside the outer shell.

12. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet pipe comprises a rounded radial cross-section with respect to an axial direction of the outlet pipe.

13. The muffler according to claim 1 comprising an inlet pipe that lets the exhaust gases flow from the internal combustion engine into the outer shell.

14. A muffler comprising;
an outer shell configured to receive exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine;
an outlet pipe that is formed into a tubular shape containing a pair of open end-parts, and comprises an inlet port that is an opening passing through an outer surface and an inner surface of the outlet pipe, wherein one open end-part of the pair of open end-parts and the inlet port are arranged inside the outer shell so as to discharge the exhaust gases from the outer shell to the outside;
a valve body formed into a plate-like shape to cover the inlet port from the inside of the outlet pipe;
an axis member that pivotally supports the valve body so that the valve body pivots inside the outlet pipe;
a biasing member that applies a biasing force in a radial direction of the outlet pipe to the valve body so as to occlude the inlet port; and
a resisting part connected to the valve body to increase a force to close a valve by the exhaust gases that flow from one open end-part of the pair of open end-parts into the outlet pipe and to circulate therein;
wherein the resisting part is extended from the valve body towards an upstream direction of a flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe so as to resist the exhaust gases that circulate inside the outlet pipe;
wherein the valve body is supported by the axis member at an end part of the inlet port on the upstream side of the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe; and
wherein the resisting part is extended from a section of the upstream side of the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe arranged upstream of a section of the flow path where the valve body is supported by the axis member.

15. The muffler according to claim 14 comprising an extension extended from an end part, unconnected to the valve body, of the resisting part towards the upstream side of the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe so as to reduce the flow path of the exhaust gases in the outlet pipe.

16. The muffler according to claim 15 ,
wherein an end part, connected to the resisting part, of the extension is referred to as a valve body connecting-end, and an end-part opposite the valve body connecting-end, of the extension is referred to as a non-connecting end; and
wherein the extension is extended so that the non-connecting end is closer to the axis member in the radial direction of the outlet pipe than the valve body connecting-end is.

17. A muffler comprising;
an outer shell configured to receive exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine;
an outlet pipe that is formed into a tubular shape containing a pair of open end-parts, and comprises an inlet port that is an opening passing through an outer surface and an inner surface of the outlet pipe, wherein one open end-part of the pair of open end-parts and the inlet port are arranged inside the outer shell so as to discharge the exhaust gases from the outer shell to the outside;
a valve body formed into a plate-like shape to cover the inlet port

Assignees

• Futaba Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kainuma Katsuhiko
• Kajikawa Masahiro

Classifications

• B60K13/04

  concerning exhaust · CPC title

• F01N1/161

  for adjusting resonance or dead chambers or passages to resonance or dead chambers · CPC title

• F01N1/083

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

• F01N1/084

  the exhaust gases flowing through the silencer two or more times longitudinally in opposite directions, e.g. using parallel or concentric tubes · CPC title

• F01N1/24 Primary

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