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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Erich James Nowka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yahong Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/04 (2006.01); F01N 13/20 (2010.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/04 (2013.01); F01N 13/08 (2013.01); F01N 13/082 (2013.01); F01N 13/1805 (2013.01); F01N 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust assembly that includes an exhaust pipe extending rearward from a vehicle into an exhaust passage, and a fascia coupled to the vehicle defining the exhaust passage. The exhaust assembly further includes a bezel defining an exhaust opening substantially aligned with the pipe, and a sleeve configured within the exhaust opening, which may define an exhaust plane. The sleeve extends rearward, flush or sub-flush, with the rearmost portion of the exhaust opening or exhaust plane, and substantially parallel to an exit portion of the pipe.