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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Yo Ha Hwang, Seoul-si, KR;
Jong Min Lee, Kyungki-do, KR;
Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling exhaust noise in an internal combustion engine uses the length difference between the exhaust pipe and the bypass pipe. The apparatus includes an exhaust pipe for outwardly releasing exhaust gas from the engine; a bypass pipe variable in length which diverges from said exhaust pipe with a distance and has U-shaped and reverse U-shaped sections formed alternately; an actuator having an actuating rod connected to the bypass pipe to vary the length of the bypass pipe; and a control unit for controlling the actuator. The bypass pipe has the U-shaped and reverse U-shaped sections arranged alternately so that the variable length of the bypass pipe can be extended while minimizing the space for installing the bypass pipe, and thereby noise in the low frequency band can be suitably reduced. Also, the exhaust pipe is additionally provided with a device for adjusting the length to increase the length difference with the bypass pipe so that noise in a wider band can be controlled.
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