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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Igor Gruden, Leonberg, DE;
Jochen Schäflein, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 2/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 2/702 ;
Abstract
An engine exhaust silencer arrangement with a variable geometry, which is controlled by control elements in dependence of engine data. The increased exhaust noise occurring during engine operation under differing engine stroke modes is suppressed by the different geometry of the silencer arrangement.