Patent ID: 8827035
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
1. A dual exhaust system comprising: at least two exhaust passages in fluidic communication with respective two banks of combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine; first and second resonator chambers in fluidic communication with the two respective exhaust passages; at least two tailpipe passages in fluidic communication with the first and second resonator chambers; a balance passage fluidically inter-coupling the first and second resonator chambers; wherein a portion of each of the two exhaust passages, a portion of each of the two tailpipe passages, and the balance passage are all co-located within a middle volume where the two tailpipe passages share a first partition, the middle volume included in an enclosure; and wherein the first and second resonator chambers are located in the enclosure on opposite sides of the middle volume.