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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Russell A. Diehl, Dublin, OH (US);
Orlando Otero-Solivan, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Junichi Nakano, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A muffler heat protection system for a vehicle includes a muffler heat shield configured to extend circumferentially around a portion of a muffler, the muffler heat shield having a first end and a second end; a heat shield extension secured to the first end of the muffler heat shield; a double wall exhaust pipe including an inner exhaust pipe and an outer covering pipe disposed over the inner exhaust pipe, the outer covering pipe having a first end portion and a second end portion, and the inner exhaust pipe having a first end portion and a second end portion; wherein the second end portion of the outer covering pipe is welded to the muffler at a welded connection seam; and wherein the heat shield extension projects outward from the muffler heat shield over the welded connection seam.