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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1984
James R Hall, Toledo, OH (US);
Donald P Harter, Ottawa Lake, MI (US);
Michael W Clegg, Toledo, OH (US);
James E Gerber, Walbridge, OH (US);
APX Group, Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A replacement muffler which can replace original equipment mufflers with substantially no modifications thereto, and methods for producing the same are disclosed. The replacement muffler is provided with a muffler body which only approximates the body of the original equipment muffler and a pair of replacement muffler nipples secured to the muffler body, having diameters substantially equal to the corresponding nipple diameters of the original equipment muffler and having lengths adapted to produce a nipple-to-nipple length substantially equal to the corresponding length of the original equipment muffler. The replacement muffler may be produced with a six to seven fold increase in production line efficiency by customizing only the nipple portions of the replacement muffler.