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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy R. Osterberg, Hubertus, WI (US);
Philip H. Pierce, West Bend, WI (US);
William P. Pari, Waukesha, WI (US);
Stacy L. Smith, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
Buell Motorcycle Company, East Troy, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 2/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 2/702 ;
Abstract
An exhaust system for use with a four-stroke engine having first and second cylinders. The cylinders generate exhaust pulses at uneven time intervals with respect to each other. The exhaust system includes a muffler and first and second exhaust pipes that communicate between the mufflers and the first and second cylinders, respectively. The first and second pipes being sized and shaped to deliver the exhaust pulses to the muffler at even time intervals with respect to each other.