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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Yoshihiko Orihashi, Akashi, JP;
Masashi Fukuuchi, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Eto, Kakogawa, JP;
Tamotsu Hatada, Awaji, JP;
Ryosuke Masuike, Akashi, JP;
Yoshihiko Orihashi, Akashi, JP;
Masashi Fukuuchi, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Eto, Kakogawa, JP;
Tamotsu Hatada, Awaji, JP;
Ryosuke Masuike, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust device of a vehicle having a V-engine including a front cylinder and a rear cylinder, includes at least one muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, a front-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a front surface of the front cylinder and which reaches the muffler, and a rear-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder and which reaches the muffler. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is curved rearward at a curved portion from a connecting portion between the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the front cylinder inward of the side frame in the lateral direction. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is located outward in the lateral direction with a fixed space from the engine, and extends toward a rear part of the vehicle substantially along the side frame as viewed from above.