Patent ID: 6584767
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: F01N,F02D,Y10T

Abstract:
An exhaust diverting device for positioning between an exhaust outlet from an engine of a vehicle and an exhaust inlet for a muffler, said device comprising:a first pipe defining a first passage and having a first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends having an opening; a second pipe defining a second passage and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second pipe being mounted to said first pipe such that the second passage is in fluid communication with the first passage, said second end of said second pipe having an opening; a valve system for selectively opening and closing the respective first and second passages of said first and second pipes, said valve system including: a first valve positioned in the first passage of said first pipe; a second valve positioned in the second passage of said second pipe; a single rod extending through the first and second passages of said first and second pipes, said rod being rotatable with respect to each of said first and second pipes, each of said valves being mounted on said rod such that rotation of said rod causes simultaneous rotation of said first and second valves, said first and second valves being mounted on said rod in a manner such that rotation of said rod in a first direction causes said first valve to be opened and said second valve to be closed and rotation of said rod in a second direction causes said first valve to be closed and said second valve to be opened; and an actuator mechanically coupled to said rod for rotating said rod in said first direction and said second direction; and a plate attached to said first end of said first pipe, said plate lying in a plane oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said first pipe, said plate extending away from first pipe, said actuator being attached to said plate.