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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Donnelly, Chelmsford, GB;
Daniel Neville, Wickford, GB;
John Shore, Chelmsford, GB;
Graeme McKen, Billericay, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exhaust silencer for a motor vehicle is provided. In one example, the silencer comprises a noise-reducing structure and a heat sink to transfer heat from exhaust gases to the exterior of the silencer, the heat sink comprising two regions of fins which define a plurality of flow channels through the heat sink, the flow channels directing the flow of exhaust through the silencer from an inlet passage to an outlet passage. In this way, a temperature of the exhaust is reduced, and the silencer and downstream components of an exhaust system may be constructed of materials of a lower thermal tolerance.