Patent ID: 6902204

Claim:
An exhaust-vibration decoupling connector comprising: an inlet tube extended downstream from a decoupler inlet to proximate an upstream portion of a damper fixture, said inlet tube having an outward radial bend around a circumference on an upstream end to interlock with an outlet tube; an outlet tube extended upstream from a decoupler outlet to proximate a downstream portion of the damper fixture, said outlet tube having an inward radial bend on a downstream end which interlocks with the bend on the inlet tube; the damper fixture being proximate midway between the decoupler inlet and the decoupler outlet; a vibration damper positioned removably in the damper fixture; a bellows having an upstream bellows attachment proximate the decoupler inlet; the bellows having a downstream bellows attachment proximate the decoupler outlet; the bellows having a bellows inside perimeter that is positioned radially outward predeterminedly from a radially outside perimeter of the vibration damper; the bellows inside perimeter including inside peripheries of undulations of the bellows; a flex cover having an upstream flex attachment proximate the decoupler inlet; the flex cover having a downstream flex attachment proximate the decoupler outlet; the flex cover having a cover inside perimeter that is positioned proximate a bellows outside perimeter; a shield sleeve having a shield attachment proximate the decoupler outlet; and the shield sleeve having a shield inside perimeter that is positioned radially outward predeterminedly from a radially outside perimeter of the flex cover.