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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Masashi Ono, Hyogo, JP;
Ichiro Tanaka, Kakogawa, JP;
Yoshihito Uchino, Kakogawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 1/00 (2006.01); F01N 13/02 (2010.01); F01N 1/08 (2006.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exhaust chamber () for a motorcycle is disposed at a location upstream of a muffler () of an exhaust passage () leading from a combustion engine (E). The exhaust chamber () includes a chamber body () having expansion compartments () defined therein, a chamber outlet pipe () having an outlet passage defined therein for discharging the exhaust gases (G) from the chamber body (), and an exhaust control valve () disposed in the chamber outlet pipe () for adjusting the sectional area of the outlet passage inside the chamber outlet pipe ().