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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2004
Applicant:
Kenneth J. Kicinski, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth J. Kicinski, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Assignee:
Fleetguard, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/04 (2006.01); F01N 1/24 (2006.01); F01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A muffler has a main body, and an inner shell spaced radially inwardly of the main body by an annular volume therebetween. The inner shell has an internal volume radially inward of the annular volume. The muffler has primary and secondary parallel paths therethrough, with the primary path extending through the internal volume, and the secondary path extending through the annular volume.