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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2024
Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Akashi, JP;
Keisuke Omoto, Akashi, JP;
Matthew Colombo, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jakob Daniel Cook, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Shuichi Yonaiyama, Akashi, JP;
Kazuki Masui, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust pipe connected to an engine body, the exhaust pipe into which an exhaust gas is introduced from the engine body, a catalyst body that purifies an exhaust gas, and a housing case that houses the catalyst body are included, and the housing case includes an inlet portion connected to a downstream end portion of the exhaust pipe, the inlet portion into which an exhaust gas is introduced from the exhaust pipe, an outlet portion that leads out an exhaust gas from the housing case to an outside, and an expansion chamber provided on a more upstream side than the catalyst body in a flow direction of an exhaust gas from the inlet portion toward the outlet portion and having a space defined inside, and a volume of the expansion chamber is larger than a volume of the catalyst body.