Patent ID: 9719403
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: F01N

Claim:
1. An internal combustion engine exhaust system supporting structure having an exhaust passage that extends from an internal combustion engine to the rear of a vehicle so as to lead exhaust emissions from the internal combustion engine to the rear of the vehicle and an exhaust emission control device that is provided in the exhaust passage so as to purify exhaust emissions, the structure comprising: a body fastening portion provided on a power plant or a portion of a vehicle body located on the side of the exhaust passage; an exhaust fastening portion provided on the top of the exhaust passage; a bracket having a central body and a first end fastened to the body fastening portion, a first rib protruding from the central body; and a stay that is fastened to the exhaust fastening portion and that has lower stiffness than the bracket, wherein a second end of the bracket and the stay are fastened to each other at a connecting portion, and a vertical distance between the exhaust fastening portion and the connecting portion is configured to be greater than a vertical distance between the body fastening portion and the connecting portion.