Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002080 | Removable exhaust baffle A selectively removable exhaust baffle which can be placed within an exhaust pipe to muffle the emitted sound. The removable baffle preferably includes a frame having a pair of legs joined by a spring portion. One or more transverse occluding plates are mounted on t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7938226 | Exhaust system for internal combustion engine having temperature variable acoustics A muffler for an internal combustion engine featuring two flowpaths for exhaust through the muffler. A first serpentine pathway is substantially longer than a second pathway through the muffler, thereby providing increased sound attenuation. Temperature activated in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7896128 | Auto-sensing, automatic adjusting exhaust baffle An auto-sensing, automatic adjusting exhaust baffle; for reducing noise emissions produced by internal combustion engines, while improving overall engine performance, i.e., torque and horsepower. The design uses a spherical shape to evacuate spent exhaust gas, thus ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7584821 | Adjustable helmholtz resonator An adjustable Helmholtz resonator assembly is provided having an active state and an inactive state. In the active state the Helmholtz resonator assembly is operable to attenuate pressure pulsations within air passing therethrough. In the inactive state the Helmholt... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7533760 | Noise reduction tubes The invention uses tubes for the reduction of radiated duct noise. The tubes may be used to attenuate narrow band noise by diverting a portion of the acoustic energy through the tubes back into the duct. Upon reintroducing the diverted flow out of phase with the pri... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7497300 | Noise reduction tubes The invention uses tubes for the reduction of radiated duct noise. The tubes may be used to attenuate narrow band noise by diverting a portion of the acoustic energy through the tubes back into the duct. Upon reintroducing the diverted flow out of phase with the pri... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7428947 | Electrically controlled in-muffler exhaust valve for use during cylinder deactivation A powertrain control system is provided that includes an engine having multiple cylinders. A controller selectively activates the cylinders to provide a cylinder combination having a desired power displacement. In one example powertrain control system, the controlle... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416051 | Assembly and method for fan noise reduction from turbofan engines using dynamically adaptive Herschel-Quincke tubes An assembly useful in reducing aircraft engine noise such as turbofan engine noise (730) comprises: (1) at least one tube “H-Q” having an inlet end (738), an outlet end (740) and a central tube portion therebetween; an (ii) at least one actu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7350619 | Auxiliary power unit exhaust duct with muffler incorporating an externally replaceable acoustic liner Methods and apparatus are provided for an exhaust duct having an externally replaceable acoustic liner. The exhaust duct includes a forward section that is configured to be axially coupled with a bulkhead collar on the aircraft, a body section that is coupled to the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337877 | Variable geometry resonator for acoustic control The present invention provides a resonator for attenuating acoustic vibration from an air intake passage. The resonator includes a neck, a resonator chamber, a piston-type member, and an actuator. The neck is attached between the air passage and the resonator chambe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328586 | Repositionable attenuator A repositionable attenuator for a terminal unit in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system is disclosed. The attenuator is positionable between at least a first and a second position. This enables the attenuator to be attached to and shipped with the ter... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7263827 | Exhaust pipe insulator attaching structure for saddle-riding vehicle An air cleaner and an exhaust pipe insulator attaching structure for a vehicle engine. The air cleaner on a rear side of the engine includes an air cleaner element disposed in an upper portion inside an air cleaner case. An air cleaner intake-air duct is inserted in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261181 | Detatchable muffler apparatus for pneumatic tools The exhaust created from the operation of pneumatic tools can create a considerable amount of noise. The present disclosure includes a detachable muffler apparatus used to reduce the sound during the operation of a pneumatic tool. The muffler apparatus includes a fl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234297 | Motorcycle exhaust enhancers Sound and power are an important part of the motorcycling experience. From the early days people have been attempting to get it “right” and have tried numerous ways to achieve the best of both worlds. Generally one had to be sacrificed to some degree to get the ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228935 | Attachment pin for an exhaust-gas muffler The invention relates to an attachment pin (1) for fixing an exhaust-gas muffler (2) in an apparatus part (4) of a portable handheld work apparatus (5) driven by an internal combustion engine. The exhaust-gas muffler (2) includes e... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227434 | Tuning screw assembly The present invention relates to a tuning screw assembly comprising a sleeve (100) with internal threads for engaging a tuning screw (200) having external threads. The sleeve comprises a first threaded portion (32) which is axially displaced in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7191868 | Combined silencer and spark arrester A silencer for silencing exhaust gases includes an acoustic resonator chamber that serves as a spark arrester to trap burning carbon particles and prevent them passing to the atmosphere. The silencer has an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet. Exhaust gases ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174992 | Muffler with secondary flow path A muffler has a main body, and an inner shell spaced radially inwardly of the main body by an annular volume therebetween. The inner shell has an internal volume radially inward of the annular volume. The muffler has primary and secondary parallel paths therethrough... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7117974 | Electronically controlled dual chamber variable resonator An in-line resonator for an air induction system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes a resonator housing, an upstream duct, a downstream duct, a conduit, a partition, and a sleeve. The conduit extends through the resonator housing conne... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111701 | Motorcycle A motorcycle includes an axle of a rear wheel supported for rotation at a rear end of a swing arm. The swing arm is supported at a front end portion thereof for rocking motion on a vehicle body frame. A rear end exhaust portion of an exhaust system connected to a cy... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100736 | Serviceable muffler A serviceable muffler (20) has an end plate (34) releasably clamped (36) to an open end (30) of a muffler body (26) and permitting access to an internal catalytic or filter element (28) for removal and replacement. An apertu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093425 | Variable flow regulator for use with catalytic converters A variable flow regulator assembly includes a first stationary exhaust pipe, a second stationary exhaust pipe concentrically disposed within the first stationary exhaust pipe, and a movable exhaust pipe concentrically disposed between the first and second stationary... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055648 | Assembly and method for fan noise reduction from turbofan engines using dynamically adaptive Herschel-Quincke tubes An assembly useful in reducing aircraft engine noise such as turbofan engine noise (730) comprises: (i) at least one tube “H-Q” having an inlet end (738), an outlet end (740) and a central tube portion therebetween; and (ii) at least one act... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051523 | Exhaust system assemblies employing wire bushings for thermal compensation Exhaust system assemblies employ wire bushings for thermal compensation to minimize noise due to “stick-slip” while the system cools. In a preferred embodiment, the wire bushings are formed of at least one strand of wire coiled about male end portions of pipe se... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021052 | Motorcycle exhaust control system A motorcycle exhaust control system for covering exhaust cross-over pipes is comprised of an elongate tubular crossover block-off member having a side wall. The crossover block-off member side wall has a slit extending the length thereof. The crossover block-off mem... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017707 | Herschel-Quincke tube for vehicle applications An HQ tube arrangement suitable for packaging within a vehicle may be designed by creating a mathematical model representing a tube arrangement having a first passageway and a second passageway fluidly connected to the first passageway at first and second junctions.... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6968710 | Refrigeration compressor capacity limiting device A sonic nozzle is disclosed that is positioned between an evaporator and compressor in an air conditioning system. The sonic nozzle limits refrigerant flow rate to that allowed by sonic velocity at a throat area of the sonic nozzle. The sonic nozzle may have a by-pa... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968922 | Exhaust apparatus for vehicle An exhaust apparatus for a vehicle includes a spark arrester having a tubular spark arrester body assembled on a rear portion of a muffler connected to an exhaust pipe. A tail pipe is inserted in the spark arrester body and is mounted on the spark arrester such that... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959679 | Air intake device for internal combustion engine An air intake device for an internal combustion engine comprises a primary inlet duct having an inlet opening, and a secondary inlet duct having a inlet end provided with an inlet opening and a rear end closed with a reflector wall. An outlet end of the primary duct... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941751 | Exhaust muffler and muffler system for use with an internal combustion engine An exhaust muffler system for use on a motorcycle or four-wheeled vehicle provides for operation in either of two modes, a regular configuration that provides a high degree of noise reduction, or a racing specification that provides for a freer-flowing exhaust. With... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938729 | Exhaust gas system An exhaust gas system for an internal combustion engine, in particular, of a motor vehicle has two mufflers through which the exhaust gas is able to flow in a parallel fashion. A switching unit makes it possible to selectively convey the exhaust gas flow of the inte... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932189 | Device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle A device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle has a plurality of gas-carrying lines connected to an internal combustion engine. At least two of the gas-carrying lines are acoustically linked together by at least one connection. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915876 | Exhaust processor with variable tuning system An exhaust processor comprises a Helmholtz resonance chamber with a variable tuning throat. The tuning frequency of the exhaust processor changes as the outlet opening from the variable tuning throat into the Helmholtz resonance chamber changes. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913111 | Mountable discharge pipe for an end muffler as well as an end muffler for motor vehicle A mountable discharge pipe for an end muffler has devices for fastening the discharge pipe to an end muffler housing. A hook provided on the discharge pipe can be suspended at the end muffler housing, and a holding lug provided with an opening is arranged at the dis... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6901752 | Exhaust processor with variable tuning system and method of operating such exhaust processor An exhaust processor has an exhaust tube and a cover mounted for rotation at least partially around the exhaust tube to adjust the tuning frequency of the exhaust processor. A method of operating the exhaust processor is also disclosed. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6848252 | Exhaust enhancement for aftermarket motorcycle exhaust pipes with a straight pipe type design and with inside pipe diameter from 1.875″ and larger Sound and power are an important part of the motorcycling experience. From the early days people have been attempting to get it “right” and have tried numerous ways to achieve the best of both worlds. Generally one had to be sacrificed to some degree to get the ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6802387 | Muffler with external water trap A vertical mount muffler (40) has an external water trap (52) in an exhaust pipe (48) and drains water from a point between the muffler housing upper outlet (46) and the terminal end (50) of the exhaust pipe. The water trap (52 | 10/12/2004 |
| 6769511 | Variable tuned exhaust system A muffler includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and at least one variable resonance chamber defined by a slidable member. The slidable member may be actuated by the pressure of exhaust gas flowing through the housing. Actuation of the slidable member change... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6732510 | Exhaust processor with variable tuning system An exhaust processor comprises a Helmholtz resonance chamber with a variable tuning throat. The tuning frequency of the exhaust processor changes as the outlet opening from the variable tuning throat into the Helmholtz resonance chamber changes. ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6698390 | Variable tuned telescoping resonator A variable tuned telescoping resonator which militates against the emission of noise energy caused by intake air in a vehicle wherein the connector length and the volume of the resonator are varied as a function of engine speed simultaneously to provide a... | 03/02/2004 |
