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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hani Mohammad Ayesh, Canton, MI (US);
Kerry Timothy Havener, Canton, MI (US);
Shawn David Norman, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Steven A. Hornby, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle exhaust system is provided. The exhaust system may include a muffler including a casing, an inlet tube extending therethrough, and an outlet pipe partially disposed therein. The exhaust system may also include an orifice tube that may have a tapered body inserted within an end of the outlet pipe that is disposed between a baffle and a wall of the casing. The orifice tube may also include an inlet portion flared from the tapered body configured to attenuate noise of exhaust gas funneling into the outlet pipe.