Patent ID: 7434656

Claim:
An exhaust device for an engine adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, said exhaust device having an exhaust pipe connected at its upstream end to a cylinder head of said engine and an exhaust muffler connected to the downstream end of said exhaust pipe, said exhaust device comprising: a heat insulating cover for covering at least a portion of said exhaust pipe near said engine; a stay fixed to an inner surface of said heat insulating cover, said stay having a supporting plate portion curved so as to partially surround an outer circumference of said exhaust pipe, a pair of side plate portions disposed, respectively, on upstream and downstream sides on the supporting plate portion, the side plates being parallel to each other and extending along planes that are orthogonal to the axis of the front exhaust pipe, and a pair of mounting plate portions connected, respectively, to upstream and downstream outer ends of the side plate portions so as to make contact with the inner surface of the heat insulating cover; a first vibration isolating member sandwiched between the outer circumference of said exhaust pipe and said supporting plate portion; a band member adapted to be tightened to mount said supporting plate portion to said exhaust pipe; and a second vibration isolating member sandwiched between said supporting plate portion and said band member.