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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2024
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, CA;
Michel Lefebvre, Valcourt, CA;
Roger Rioux, Sherbrooke, CA;
Bruno Schuehmacher, Richmond, CA;
Sebastien Thibault, Sherbrooke, CA;
Luc Champigny, Racine, CA;
Frederic Desjardins, Orford, CA;
Jonathan Claveau, Cowansville, CA;
Roland Ennsmann, Gunskirchen, AT;
Christian Berger, Meggenhofen, AT;
Francois Leboeuf, Racine, CA;
BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt, CA;
Abstract
A snowmobile including: a frame; an engine supported by the frame; an exhaust pipe connected to the engine; and a turbocharger connected to the exhaust pipe. The turbocharger includes a bypass conduit fluidly communicating with the turbocharger housing and including an exhaust inlet fluidly connected to the exhaust pipe; a valve in the bypass conduit for controlling the flow of exhaust gas, and an exhaust collector. The valve is movable between first and second positions, a first flow path passing through the exhaust inlet, through the bypass conduit, and into the exhaust collector, a second flow path passing through the exhaust inlet, through the bypass conduit, through the exhaust turbine, and into the exhaust collector, in the first position, a majority of the exhaust gas flowing along the first flow path and in the second position, a majority of the exhaust gas flowing along the second flow path.