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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
George Jay Mckoskey, Forest Lake, MN (US);
George Jay McKoskey, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a vehicle having multiple silencers may include one or more of the following features: (a) a chassis carrying a seat, (b) a steerable pair of front wheels and at least two rear wheels coupled to the chassis, (c) a steering member for steering the front wheels, (d) an engine carried by the chassis for powering the vehicle, (e) at least one exhaust manifold operably coupled to the engine, (f) at least one exhaust pipe coupled at one end to said at least two exhaust manifolds, (g) a first silencer coupled to the other end of said one or more exhaust pipes, (h) a second silencer coupled to the first silencer to route exhaust through the length of each silencer, and (i) a crossover tube which couples the first silencer to the second silencer.