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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Allen Hornby, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Erich James Nowka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kerry Timothy Havener, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/00 (2013.01); F01N 2260/00 (2013.01); F01N 2260/18 (2013.01); F01N 2260/20 (2013.01); F01N 2510/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one or more embodiments, a muffler shield includes a shield body extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a middle portion positioned between first and second side portions along a transverse direction, a cross-section of the middle portion and at least one of the first and second side portions respectively defining a middle profile and a side profile shorter than the middle profile.