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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180219 ; 181238 ; 181251 ;
Abstract
A muffler is connected to a pair of exhaust pipes extending from each cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine. The muffler assures easier assembling work and provides independent exhaust sound for each cylinder. The muffler includes a forward and a rearward expansion chamber within the inside thereof. The expansion chambers are separated in the longitudinal direction by a separation wall extending across the muffler. The exhaust pipe connected to the forward cylinder of a V-type two-cylinder engine is inserted into the forward expansion chamber, while the exhaust pipe connected to the rear cylinder is inserted into the rearward expansion chamber.