Patent ID: 8672367
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: F01N,F16L,F23J

Abstract:
1. An exhaust component assembly including an interlocking mechanism, the assembly comprising: a first metal exhaust assembly component having an exterior surface, the exterior surface having formed therein: an entry channel; a rotational channel positioned adjacent to the entry channel; and a locking bead positioned in the rotational channel; and a second, mating component including an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface sized to mate with the exterior surface of the first metal exhaust assembly component and having formed therein a locking lug, the locking lug including a notch formed therein; wherein the locking bead is positioned in the rotational channel at a position in the rotational channel defined to engage the notch in the locking lug when the first component is mated with the second component and the lug is positioned adjacent to an end of the rotational channel.