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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Hossain Amir, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Akihiro Fujita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hossain Amir, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Akihiro Fujita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle () is provided with an exhaust pipe () extending from an engine mounted in the front part of the vehicle to a branch part () in the rear part of the vehicle, and right and left branch pipes () extending from the branch part to mufflers () on both right and left sides. The branch part () is arranged so as to be offset to the side of either one muffler () of the right and left mufflers with respect to the center in the vehicle width direction; the exhaust pipe has an upstream part () laid linearly to a bend part () positioned in the center in the vehicle width direction near the rear end of a fuel tank, and an oblique part () laid slantwise from the bend part toward the branch part; and the length of the branch pipe () having a longer distance to the muffler is approximately equal to the length of the oblique part ().