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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Sudhakar Navathe, Canton, MI (US);
John Roberts, Toledo, OH (US);
Joel John Beltramo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sudhakar Navathe, Canton, MI (US);
John Roberts, Toledo, OH (US);
Joel John Beltramo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/2892 (2013.01); F01N 13/1872 (2013.01); F01N 2240/20 (2013.01); F01N 2470/06 (2013.01); F01N 2470/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust system comprises a conical shell having an indentation traversing the exhaust passage in a coiled path so as to impart mixing on an engine exhaust gas flowing through an inner passage defined by the conical shell. The indentation may be formed into the conical shell via a stamping process.