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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Atsuya Yoshida, Kakogawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust muffler for a vehicle includes a muffler body coupled to an exhaust pipe and a tailpipe coupled to the muffler body. The muffler body has a plurality of expansion chambers, an exit communication pipe that discharges exhaust to the tailpipe from one of the plurality of expansion chambers positioned in a most downstream part of an exhaust flow path, and a spark arrester arranged in the exit communication pipe. An exhaust flow path narrowing portion is provided at an entrance portion of the exit communication pipe.