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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Kenji Yamanari, Kariya, JP;
Ryoji Tachibana, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Hatamura, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Kuno, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Yamanari, Kariya, JP;
Ryoji Tachibana, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Hatamura, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Kuno, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
SANGO CO., LTD., Miyoshi, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust system member having an upstream-side opening into which exhaust gas flows and a downstream-side opening from which exhaust gas flows includes: first and second members. The first member includes first facing portions each having a distal end portion bulged radially outward in the exhaust system member, a notch is provided at a boundary between the distal end portion and a proximal end portion radially inward of the distal end portion at each end portion of each first facing portion, adjacent to the corresponding opening. The second member includes second facing portions, each arranged on the radially inner side of the corresponding distal end portion, each second facing portion is welded at a portion overlapped with the corresponding first facing portion, and a distal end face of each second facing portion facing a proximal end-side notch face of the notch in the corresponding first facing portion.