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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yahong Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Erich J. Nowka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric Hupfel, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Elisangela Po Previte, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Ian McLaughlin, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/20 (2010.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01); F01N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/082 (2013.01); F01N 1/085 (2013.01); F01N 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system of a vehicle. In one example, the exhaust system includes an exhaust tail pipe with an asymmetric outlet. The asymmetric outlet of the tail pipe may flare outwards, away from a central axis of the tail pipe, circumferentially surrounded by a housing with a geometry matching a geometry of the asymmetric outlet.