Patent ID: 6260652
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B60K,F01N

Abstract:
A motor vehicle, comprising an exhaust system; a vehicle body; and an internal combustion engine with an engine casing, the exhaust system having an exhaust connected to the engine casing and having a first flexible pipe member, a second flexible pipe member connected to said first pipe member via a pipe, and at least one casing arranged downstream of said second pipe member and forming part of at least one of a catalytic converter and silencer, wherein the engine casing is held on the vehicle body by retaining means in such a way that the engine casing can swivel about a virtual axis during operation, wherein the exhaust system further includes retaining means connecting the exhaust downstream of the second flexible pipe member in such a way to the vehicle body that the at least one casing is deflected in any direction relative to the vehicle body by at most 5 mm by one of a constant acceleration of at least 10 .sup.m /s.sup.2 and a constant force of 100 N acting on the at least one casing, and that the two flexible pipe members define a straight line which at least approximately intersects the virtual axis wherein each of the first and second flexible pipe member has a pipe member axis, wherein the two pipe member axes are straight in a state of the flexible pipe members, and wherein the pipe connecting the first flexible pipe member to the second flexible pipe member is bent such that the pipe member axes make an angle of at least 30.degree. with one another.