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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
Kenji Morita, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Nojima, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A muffler for efficiently reducing noise. Front side exhaust pipes and rear side exhaust pipes extend from front cylinders and rear cylinders, respectively, of a V-type water-cooled 4-cylinder engine and are operatively connected to a catalyst chamber disposed below a crankcase. The catalyst chamber is connected to an exhaust chamber located to the rear thereof in which exhaust gas is expanded. An outlet pipe laterally projects from a lateral surface of a rear end portion of the exhaust chamber and is connected to a front pipe projecting from the lateral surface of the front portion of a muffler. The front pipe is transversely inserted into the muffler to increase a cross-section ratio, thereby efficiently reducing noise.