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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Masayuki Uegane, Wako, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Uegane, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/04 (2006.01); F01N 7/08 (2006.01); F16L 55/033 (2006.01); F16F 15/08 (2006.01); F16L 11/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a vehicle exhaust system support structure, an upstream side exhaust pipe connected to an engine is guided to an inlet of a muffler supported on a vehicle body, and a downstream side exhaust pipe coupled to an outlet of the muffler is disposed in the interior of a rear bumper. The upstream side exhaust pipe and the inlet of the muffler are coupled to each other via a flexible tube, thus floatingly supporting the upstream side exhaust pipe in the muffler. The downstream portion of the upstream side exhaust pipe passes through the interior of the flexible tube, and is inserted into the inlet of the muffler.