Patent ID: 7051524
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
1. A venturi for attachment to an exhaust system of a vehicle, comprising: a) a cylindrical exhaust pipe disposed on the vehicle, said exhaust pipe having a circular outlet, wherein said exhaust pipe is substantially vertically disposed and said outlet is at an upper end of said exhaust pipe; b) a venturi disposed on said outlet of said exhaust pipe whereby the venturi increases the outward flow of gases from the exhaust pipe; c) means for attaching said venturi to the outlet of the exhaust pipe whereby the venturi is substantially horizontally secured to the exhaust pipe; d) said venturi having flat top and bottom surfaces, and oppositely facing rectangular shaped sides bent in midsections to form a converging air inlet section terminating in a throat section, and an expanding air discharge section, said converging inlet section facing a front of said vehicle and said expanding discharge section facing a rear of said vehicle, and said venturi having an exhaust opening in the bottom surface of said throat section corresponding with said outlet of said exhaust pipe, said exhaust opening having an area greater than the area of said exhaust pipe outlet; and e) said expanding discharge section having a discharge opening whose area is greater than an area of an entrance into said converging air inlet section.