Patent ID: 6536548
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B60K,F01N

Abstract:
An exhaust system for a motor vehicle having a vehicle body and an internal combustion engine, the exhaust system comprising an exhaust to be connected to the internal combustion engine and having at least one housing of at least one of a silencer and a catalytic converter and formed as a tubular casing which has a material thickness of not more than 1 mm, and two housing ends at least one of which is rigidly connected to a metallic, exhaust gas-carrying pipe having a material thickness of not more than 1 mm; retaining means for holding the exhaust on the vehicle body; at least one reinforcing element at least partially surrounding one of the metallic pipe and the tubular casing and fastened to the one of the metallic pipe and the tubular casing; and at least one vibration damping element connectable to the vehicle body,wherein the retaining means comprises at least one holder having a retaining member connected to the reinforcing element and to the at least one vibration damping element, wherein the retaining member of the at least one holder has a middle section which is one of connected, via the reinforcing element, to the one of the metallic pipe and the tubular casing and connected directly to the metallic pipe and has two arms which project sidewise of the middle section in opposite directions, and wherein each arm is connected to the vibration damping element which is at least partly elastomeric, wherein the exhaust defines an exhaust gas flow path, the at least one holder is arranged along the flow path, and the retaining means comprises at least one subsequent holder following the at least one holder along the flow path, and wherein damping elements of the at least one holder connect the retaining member thereof to connecting element of the at least one holder without a possibility of a pivotal movement of the retaining member relative to the connecting element, and damping elements of the at least one subsequent holder connect a retaining member of the at least one subsequent holder to the connecting element of the at least one subsequent holder with a possibility of rotation of the retaining member of the at least one subsequent holder to the connecting element thereof.