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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A muffler having a movable baffle may include a housing where an input pipe into which exhaust gas is flowed from an engine and an output pipe through which the exhaust gas is expelled to atmosphere are disposed, a baffle which is configured to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the housing and divides the space of the housing, baffle moving means for moving the baffle to an arbitrary position within a predetermined range along the longitudinal direction of the housing, and a controller which data for determining whether to move the baffle or not is input thereto when the engine is driven, determines whether to move the baffle or not by use of the input data and controls the baffle moving means when the baffle is determined to be moved.