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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971682 | Exhaust device for engine An exhaust device for an engine cam include a flow rectifying device for rectifying a flow of an exhaust gas. The flow rectifying device is disposed in an upstream end of an inner pipe, and comprises protrusions projecting inwardly. The exhaust gas engaging the flow... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7942240 | Silencer for internal combustion engine A silencer for an internal combustion engine includes a silencer housing formed by a pair of clamped housing members each having a substantially identical configuration relative to one another. The silencer housing has an intake port formed at a first end and an exh... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7708115 | Sound-attenuating muffler having reduced back pressure A muffler for an internal combustion engine having a housing with an inlet end with an inlet opening formed for a flow of exhaust gases into the housing and an outlet end with an outlet opening formed for a discharge of exhaust gases from the housing; at least a fir... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7669694 | Muffler for vehicle A muffler of a vehicle includes a first muffler body so as to form a first chamber, at least a second muffler body including a housing, one end portion opened and the other end portion closed, wherein one of the second muffler bodies is fitted into the other end por... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7617909 | Muffler A connection between a plate and a pipe wherein the pipe passes through an opening in the plate, and wherein the plate has a spring-elastic tongue at the opening which is fixedly connected to the pipe. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7537084 | Discharge gas check valve integral with muffler A compressor muffler includes a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end. A baffle arrangement extends from an interior surface of the housing. The baffle arrangement includes a surface capable of reflecting compressed fluid to attenuate noise. A valve assembly... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7445083 | Automotive muffler An automotive muffler includes an external tube consisting of a first widened portion, a first tapering portion, and a first narrow portion, the first widened section having a sealing wall with a through hole at the front end thereof; an internal tube consisting of ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7426980 | Internal combustion engine exhaust system An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine having two banks of cylinders by which pulses of exhaust gas are alternately directed to a diverter subassembly. The diverter subassembly, which is located in the muffler, includes a perforated gas decelerator cham... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416052 | Exhaust system of internal combustion engine In an exhaust system, exhaust manifolds are connected to two banks provided in a V-type engine of a vehicle, respectively, to which front pipes each having a catalytic converter are connected to the exhaust manifolds, respectively. A muffler is provided at an exhaus... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407036 | Muffler for compact combustion engines To provide a muffler for a compact combustion engine, which is simple in structure and effective to sufficiently reduce the temperature of exhaust gases while avoiding contact with an external air, an exhaust guide passage 7 for communicating the exhaust gase... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7380637 | Exhaust-gas muffler The invention is directed to an exhaust-gas muffler (1) of a handheld work apparatus driven by an internal combustion engine. The exhaust-gas muffler (1) includes a muffler housing (2) which includes an engine-end wall (3) having an inlet... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377359 | Device for modulating noise in a motor vehicle In a device for noise configuration in a motor vehicle which has an internal combustion engine with at least two gas conduits connected to different cylinders of the engine, the gas conduits are interconnected by means of a cross-flow section formed by a housing whi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364013 | Shell main body for muffler The shell main body for a muffler includes an inner shell in a cylindrical shape with a cross-section of an imperfect circle defined by small arc portions alternating with large arc portions; and an outer shell wrapping the inner shell and formed in a cylindrical sh... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350620 | Compact silencer There is disclosed a silencer for attenuating sound waves produced in a fluid that circulates through a fluid conveyer. The silencer comprises an expansion chamber that is in fluid communication with the fluid conveyer, and which carries sound waves there through; a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328574 | Exhaust line and motor vehicle equipped therewith The invention concerns an internal combustion engine exhaust line comprising an active noise reduction system with variable choke device, continuously regulated based on the instantaneous discharge rate pulses of exhaust gases exiting from the internal combustion en... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7296657 | Engine exhaust muffler with exhaust emission control function A muffler having a muffler body divided into first and second exhaust chambers by a partitioning member which has a third exhaust chamber formed therein. An exhaust inlet introduces exhaust gas from an engine into the first exhaust chamber. First communication bores... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293628 | Shell main body for muffler A cylindrical shell main body constituting a muffler main body is formed of two layers of an inner shell and an outer shell and has a cylindrical shape with a cross section that is not a perfect circle but is defined by alternated small arc portions and large arc po... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293629 | Exhaust apparatus for small-sized engine An exhaust apparatus has an exhaust pipe that receives exhaust gas from an engine and a muffler attached to the exhaust pipe. The muffler has an exhaust portion that discharges exhaust gas received by the exhaust pipe. A tubular member is attached to the exhaust por... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287622 | Exhaust muffler The present specification discloses a muffler for attenuating exhaust noise from an internal combustion engine. The muffler includes a main chamber, an intermediate pipe, a diffuser chamber, a spark arrester, and an exhaust pipe. Exhaust gases from the engine enter ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7263826 | Muffler device with catalysts for improving purifying exhaust gas of nitrogen oxides within a motorcycle exhaust pipe A muffler device with catalysts for improving purifying exhaust gas of nitrogen oxides within a motorcycle exhaust pipe comprises a muffler divided into three chambers, a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber; a front exhaust pipe; a front reduction c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255197 | Muffler A muffler which reduces noises of a wide frequency band with a simple structure. Sound waves of an intake duct enter into and are received in a resonance box via a branch pipe. At the branch pipe, a movable body slidingly abuts a peripheral portion of an opening of ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243757 | Exhaust muffler An exhaust muffler (1) invention includes an entry chamber (9), a resonator chamber (15), and a baffle chamber (23) positioned in serial order between an exhaust gas inlet (3) that lets exhaust gas into the entry chamber and an exh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7219764 | Exhaust muffler A muffler may comprise a casing having an internal volume, an inlet and an outlet, and a diverter plate dividing the internal volume into a first chamber and a second chamber. The diverter plate may comprise a baffle wall portion and at least one diverter having a d... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7189068 | Sound reduced rotary vane compressor A rotary vane compressor having features for reducing sound emitted from the compressor during operation. The sound reduction features include and relate to specific components of the compressor. Specifically the features relate to (1) the compressor motor; (2) a no... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174991 | Muffler for internal combustion engine The subject invention refers to a muffler comprising a muffler housing (1, 2) and generally a catalytic converter element (13) mounted in the housing, which muffler has at least one inner outlet (4) through which exhaust gases cleaned by the cat... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159692 | Silencer A silencer that comprises a casing, one or more pipes or passages leading a flow of gas to the casing and a device for leading gas from the casing. The silencer further has at least one internal chamber, one or more flow inlets to the chamber and one or more flow ou... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156202 | Method and apparatus for venting exhaust gas from an engine A muffler for coupling to an exhaust port of an internal combustion engine. The muffler includes a housing having an exhaust inlet configured to receive exhaust gas from the engine, at least one internal expansion chamber and an outlet opening. The muffler further i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7114330 | Vertical exhaust water trap assembly An exhaust water trap assembly has separated and spaced exhaust tubes, and a dome cap blocking entry of water to protect an upstream catalytic converter or soot filter. A first tube extends axially upwardly into a housing, and a second tube is spaced vertically ther... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104359 | Muffler having a baffle with angled plates A muffler having a baffle with angled plates includes a one piece baffle, a container and two end caps. The one piece baffle has at least three different configurations. The baffle preferably has two, three or four plates, namely “V”, “Z” or “W” shapes. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073626 | Engine exhaust muffler with guide vanes imparting a successively alternating spiral swirl gas flow A muffler has a housing (2) through which exhaust gas flows and which has at least one housing chamber (3, 5) and in which deflecting elements (13 to 16) serving to make the gas swirl are arranged spaced one behind another along a main ax... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063182 | Muffler baffle plate spacer formed from stock material A muffler has a pair of spaced baffle plates that each receive a flow tube. The flow tubes have spaced ends such that an intermediate chamber is defined to receive air flow to be dampened. In existing mufflers, a bracket needed to be formed to the desired length to ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044266 | Exhaust muffler for internal combustion engines Performance sound is produced with a muffler that includes a casing with front (5, 37), rear (7, 41) and side (3, 35) walls, first (9, 45) and second (11, 47) compartment walls each with a central passage (25, 28, 46, 48) an... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032709 | Exhaust-gas muffler An exhaust-gas muffler includes a muffler housing (2) having an inlet opening (3) and an outlet (4). The exhaust-gas muffler is especially for the internal combustion engine in a portable handheld work apparatus. At least one attenuating space (... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004283 | Multiple-chambered exhaust muffler An exhaust gas muffler of multi-chamber construction includes an outer housing having an upper and lower half shell, an inner shell, and an inner exhaust gas duct through the exhaust gas muffler. The inner exhaust gas duct has at lease one curved outlet pipe that ha... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988057 | Methods for designing a chamber to reduce noise in a duct Low-frequency duct noise is relatively difficult to deal with by passive methods such as porous duct lining. Reactive methods like expansion chamber are rather bulky, while compact resonators are to narrow-banded. This invention shows that a suitably stetched thin m... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6973959 | Heat exchanger for cooling a motor vehicle exhaust gases A heat exchanger for cooling motor vehicle exhaust gases, which heat exchanger is to be fitted into an exhaust line of the vehicle and having at least three tubes in contact by way of their outer walls with cooling air, in which the exhaust gases are brought to circ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
