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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
Hirotoshi Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayuki Yokoi, Nagoya, JP;
Fumihiko Mizuno, Inazawa, JP;
Hisashi Nishino, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomoki Mabuchi, Toyota, JP;
Hirotoshi Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayuki Yokoi, Nagoya, JP;
Fumihiko Mizuno, Inazawa, JP;
Hisashi Nishino, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomoki Mabuchi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A silencer includes a smaller cylindrical member having a planar portion and a larger cylindrical member arranged to closely contact at least a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the smaller cylindrical member. The larger cylindrical member as seen in a direction orthogonal to its axis provides an oblate cross section having a major axis X and a minor axis Y and the smaller cylindrical member is arranged to have the planar portion traversing the major axis X of the larger cylindrical member.