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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. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
181231 ; 181228 ; 55276 ;
Abstract
A compact filter structure is provided having a cylindrical body disposed in the expansion chamber of a muffler. A tail pipe is inserted into the filter. The diameter of the filter is greater than that of the tail pipe. The filtering function of the body and the noise reducing function of the tail pipe are separated from each other. The filter structure can be formed in a compact construction which provides a large filtering capacity.