Patent ID: 8572949

Claim:
A flow guide for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the flow guide comprising: only a single U-shaped guide plate body including only a single U-base with a mounting surface for mounting on a pipe section of the exhaust system and with only two U-legs extending away from said mounting surface, each of said U-legs defining a flow guide plate, each said flow guide plate cooperating with an exhaust gas stream in the pipe section for guiding the exhaust gas stream in the pipe section during operation of the exhaust system, wherein: said U-shaped guide plate body is manufactured from a single piece of material; said single piece of material is a single piece of sheet metal; and each said flow guide plate has a guide profile, which is directed in parallel to a direction of said exhaust gas stream on an incoming flow side and which has an angle of incidence in relation to said direction of said exhaust gas stream on a discharge side.