Patent ID: 6385967
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
A motor vehicle muffler comprising an exhaust pipe, said exhaust pipe having cylindrical end parts and a spiraling middle part, a plurality of muffling holes arranged within a periphery of the exhaust pipe in said end parts and said middle part, and said spiraling middle part formed by a plurality of spiral portions formed in the periphery of the exhaust pipe for turning exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe into a spiral flow; anda conical inner tube suspended within said exhaust pipe, said conical inner tube extending from an exhaust gas input end of said exhaust pipe into said middle part of said exhaust pipe, said conical inner tube having a diameter gradually reducing from said exhaust gas input of said exhaust pipe to said middle part of said exhaust pipe, said conical inner tube terminating in said middle part of said exhaust pipe, and a plurality of holes disposed around a periphery of said conical inner tube.