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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Eberspächer Exhaust Technology Gmbh & Co. KG, Neunkirchen, DE;
Jan Krüger, Neuhausen, DE;
Georg Wirth, Kirchheim u. Teck, DE;
Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH & Co. KG, Neunkirchen, DE;
Abstract
An exhaust gas stream for an internal combustion engine includes a muffler housing () with a first chamber () and a second chamber (). An exhaust gas inlet () has a first chamber opening area () and a second chamber opening area (). An exhaust gas outlet () is open in an outlet opening area () towards the first chamber. A connection opening () is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber and has an exhaust valve arrangement associated therewith, including a valve element () including a closing area () closing the connection opening in a closed position of the exhaust valve arrangement (). The exhaust valve arrangement includes an actuating area () associated with the inlet second opening area for generating an actuating force acting on the exhaust valve arrangement, moving from the closed position in the direction of an open position by exhaust gas bypass flow.