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Title:
MULTI-CHAMBERED MUFFLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000052312
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A muffler (10) having two outer shells (12, 14) attached at their peripheries to form an internal chamber divided into subchambers by a perpendicular baffle (20) extending between the shells (12, 14) that is equipped with an aperture (26) and a pair of inner plates (16, 18) positioned to lie within the aperture (26) and to further divide the subchambers and wherein the pair of plates (16, 18) also define tuning chambers located within the internal chamber. The baffle (20) is further equipped with apertures (28, 30) to receive an inlet tube (22) and an outlet tube (24) which are used to communicate the subchambers.

Inventors:
ALLMAN JAMES R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/005673
Publication Date:
July 11, 2002
Filing Date:
March 03, 2000
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Assignee:
ARVINMERITOR INC (US)
ALLMAN JAMES R (US)
International Classes:
F01N1/02; F01N1/08; F01N13/18; F01N13/02; (IPC1-7): F01N7/18
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