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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Yoshitaka Hayama, Wako, JP;
Kenichiro Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshitaka Hayama, Wako, JP;
Kenichiro Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/02 (2010.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The inside of a muffler main body formed from an outer plate into the shape of a cylinder is divided into an upstream-side expansion chamber and downstream-side expansion chambers by partition walls. A catalyst is contained in the upstream-side expansion chamber having a larger volume, and a cylinder-shaped reinforcement member is attached to an inner surface of the outer plate of the upstream-side expansion chamber.