Patent ID: 7980357

Claim:
An exhaust silencer, comprising: a body; a cavity in the body; a baffle plate that partially divides the cavity to form first and second longitudinal compartments in the body, wherein the baffle plate is solid and planar; a heat resistant material that covers at least a portion of a surface of the cavity; an inlet port formed in a first surface of the body at a first end of the first longitudinal compartment; an outlet port formed in a second surface of the body at a first end of the second longitudinal compartment; a stationary discharge hood that projects out from the second surface of the body to partially cover the outlet port; a tube shaped collar on the first surface of the body coupled to the inlet port; and an opening that connects the first and second longitudinal compartments at a second end of the first longitudinal compartment and a second end of the second longitudinal compartment such that the cavity is u-shaped, the u-shaped cavity being formed by the opening, the first longitudinal compartment, and the second longitudinal compartment; wherein the inlet port is configured to receive an exhaust stream that flows into contact with the baffle plate, through the cavity, and around the baffle plate; wherein the collar is configured to mate the exhaust silencer with a source of the exhaust stream; and wherein the outlet port is configured to discharge the exhaust stream from the body into the environment, the discharge hood being configured to protect the outlet port from environmental elements.