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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2011
Kazutoshi Wakatsuki, Toyota, JP;
Kazutoshi Wakatsuki, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A muffler has a flattened cross-sectional shape the width of which is greater than its height. The muffler includes therein a plurality of expansion chambers. The muffler also includes an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe and first to third communication pipes, through which the expansion chambers are open to the outside. All of an opening of the inlet pipe, an opening of the outlet pipe and openings of the first to third communication pipes formed in the muffler are arranged such that they fall between a position separated away from one end of the muffler in its width direction by a ¼ length of the width of the muffler and a position separated away from the end of the muffler by a ½ length of the width.