Nissan Motor Company Limited

Kenji Kumagai

Hiroshi Iida

Yoshitaka Ohki

Taro Ishi

An exhaust manifold has dual liner structure constructed of an intermediate liner forming a chamber and a plurality of sleeves extending outwardly from the chamber and of an inner liner within the intermediate liner. The inner liner forms a reaction chamber within the chamber of the intermediate liner and a plurality of tubes extending outwardly from the reaction chamber and mounted within the sleeves, respectively. The tubes have inlet ports for connection to exhaust ports of an internal combustion engine. The reaction chamber is formed with a plurality of apertures opening to the chamber of the intermediate liner to let hot gases to flow into the chamber of the intermediate liner embracing the reaction chamber. The chamber of the intermediate liner is formed with an outlet port for connection to an exhaust pipe.

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Oiso, Japan

Kenji Kumagai