Patent ID: 7971431

Claim:
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a motor vehicle engine, having two cylinder banks arranged at an acute angle to one another and each having at least one exhaust gas outlet, a V-engine, having exhaust gas guide elements arranged in an region of the inner angle, including a housing ( 10 ) surrounding the exhaust gas outlets of both cylinder banks in a gas tight manner and having at least one exhaust gas outlet opening ( 16 a , 16 b ), characterized in that the housing ( 10 ) is made in two parts, with a first part ( 12 a ) which is connected to the one cylinder bank and surrounds its exhaust gas outlets and with a second part ( 12 b ) which is connected to the other cylinder bank and surrounds its exhaust gas outlets; in that the two parts ( 12 a , 12 b ) each have a side ( 24 a , 24 b ) facing the other part and having at least one housing opening ( 30 a - 30 c ) via which the two parts ( 12 a , 12 b ) communicate with one another; and in that an expansion compensation element ( 28 a , 28 b ) is arranged between the two parts ( 12 a , 12 b ) which surrounds the housing openings ( 30 a - 30 c ) of the two parts ( 12 a , 12 b ) in a gas tight manner.