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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7470312 | Exhaust emission control device An arrangement is provided for an exhaust emission control device having a filter cartridge fitted through insertion into an inner shell of a muffler. The inner shell is formed to have an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of a cartridge shell to provide ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7377954 | Performance air filtration cartridge An air filtration cartridge has annular filter media having a hollow interior and extending axially between first and second distally opposite end caps. The first end cap is an outlet end cap having flow straightening structure integrally formed therewith and spanni... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347044 | Exhaust water trap A vertical exhaust water trap assembly has an outer housing and an internal housing or exhaust tube defining an annular water collection spaced therebetween bypassing a central exhaust flow area. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320723 | Exhaust gas filter and filtering system An exhaust gas filter cartridge which is suitable for use in a muffler such as to form an exhaust gas filtering system is disclosed. The filter cartridge preferably includes a first porous longitudinal wall and a second porous longitudinal wall, both porous longitud... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7266943 | Exhaust after-treatment system for the reduction of pollutants from diesel engine exhaust and related method Exhaust after-treatment system for the reduction of particulate, NOx, HC, CO, VOCs, nano-particle count and sulfur dioxide from diesel exhaust. System employs diesel oxidation catalyst, exhaust cooling system, particulate converter, soot collection chambe... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247185 | Device for treatment of a gas flow Device for treatment of a gas flow having at least one body (3) that is adapted to cause a conversion in the composition of the gas. The device is characterized in that the body (3) has a modular construction comprising a plurality of sections (26, ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240482 | System for minimizing the impact of poisoning of automotive exhaust aftertreatment systems An exhaust aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed which mitigates deleterious poisoning of a catalytic converter or exhaust gas oxygen sensor by phosphorus containing species. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7141101 | Filter assembly with noise attenuation A filter assembly configured for acoustic dampening for use with compressor assemblies such as oxygen concentrators including a compartmented housing member having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a filter member, and a plurality of noise attenuating members pos... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131514 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7086498 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7052532 | High temperature nanofilter, system and method A filter, system and method is provided for filtering nanoparticles in a hot gas, namely particles about 200° C. and further particularly >about 450° C. including diesel exhaust. The filter includes filter media material composed of fibro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022152 | Air cleaner device for vehicle An air cleaner device 41 which includes a main air cleaner 56 and a sub air cleaner 67 which is connected to the main air cleaner 56, and the sub air cleaner 67 is arranged parallel to the main air cleaner 56 in the longitud... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7003971 | Electronic component cooling system for an air-cooled chiller A chiller system includes a refrigerant loop, the refrigerant loop further including a compressor, an air-cooled condenser arrangement and an evaporator arrangement connected in a first closed refrigerant loop. A motor is connected to the compressor to drive the com... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6951697 | Integrated systems for use with fuel cells, and methods Integrated systems, including components for control of contaminants, sound, and humidity, are provided for a fuel cell system. The integrated system combines contamination control, sound control, and water management. The contamination control system provides filtr... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6875259 | Low cost combined air cleaner and resonator assembly A low cost combined air cleaner and resonator includes two housing members which snap together. An air filter is captured between the two members. A first of the members receives the air filter, and the second of the two members has an enlarged plenum to provide a r... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6852151 | Air cleaner and resonator assembly An air cleaner and resonator assembly is formed from a lower shell portion and an upper shell portion that are joined together to define an interior cavity having an inlet through which air is drawn. An exit tube, formed within the lower shell portion, directs air f... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6740149 | Air cleaner To enlarge an opening area in an element retainer supporting a clean side of an element, to reduce resistance to air passage and thereby to enlarge intake air quantity. The interior of an air cleaner is surrounded by a case and a lid is partitioned by an element int... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6503303 | Enclosure for an air aspirating machine An enclosure for an air aspirating machine, such as a compressor 11 for a fuel cell drive 13, which represents a closed volume, so that said volume can be used acoustically for the air that is being drawn in. An air intake 17 is extended into the enclosur... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6171380 | Microprocessor cooler with integral acoustic attenuator The air drawn into a diesel engine serially passes through a filter and a cavity, which acts as an acoustic attenuator, before being supplied to the cylinders of the diesel engine. In the cavity the air is in a heat transfer relationship with a heat sink ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6048386 | Integrated resonator and filter apparatus An integral filter and resonator apparatus includes filter elements positioned upstream of a Helmholtz resonator. The first embodiment includes filter elements positioned side by side within the housing. Other embodiments include a filter element with a t... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5792247 | Integrated resonator and filter apparatus In integral filter and resonator apparatus includes filter elements positioned upstream of a Helmholtz resonator. The first embodiment includes filter elements positioned side by side within the housing. Other embodiments include a filter element with a t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5417727 | Noise attenuating air cleaner assembly for an internal combustion engine A noise attenuating air cleaner assembly for an internal combustion engines or the like operating in a dusty environment. The air cleaner assembly having a silencer assembly arranged concentric inside an air filter cartridge assembly and a noise attenuati... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5403557 | Emission control apparatus for diesel engine Improved emission control apparatus for use with a diesel engine which may include an enclosed cylindrical housing having an inlet and an outlet. A particulate trap is disposed in the housing between the inlet and outlet for collection and removal of part... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5246473 | High performance exhaust muffler A high performance exhaust muffler which improves engine power and economy as well as providing a smoother engine performance. The muffler comprises an exhaust gas expansion section and a tubular baffle section closed or partially blocked at one end, its ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5125938 | Exhaust pipes of vehicles A muffler for a vehicle exhaust has anterior, intermediate and posterior sections. An array of parallel lateral plates are located in the upper part of the anterior section. Exhaust gas is introduced to the anterior section above the plates from an inlet ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4867768 | Muffler apparatus with filter trap and method of use Muffler apparatus for reducing both sound and particulates from exhaust gases from an engine. The apparatus includes resonating chambers, flow distribution structure and a cellular ceramic core filter module. Filter regeneration mechanism includes a heati... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4851015 | Muffler apparatus with filter trap and method of use Muffler apparatus for reducing both sound and particulates from exhaust gases from an engine. The apparatus includes resonating chambers, flow distribution structure and a cellular ceramic core filter module. Filter regeneration mechanism includes a heati... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4428453 | Exhaust silences for internal combustion engines A silencer comprises a chamber with internal baffles mounted on a rod so that they can be manually reciprocated to scrape deposits off the chamber wall. A head at an end of the rod protruding from the chamber is screwable to a chamber end wall to hold the... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4325460 | Ejector muffler An ejector comprising a housing (30, 81) and an ejector insert (40, 82) received therein to form a venturi which is eccentric with the housing, and a muffler-ejector assembly (25), including such an ejector (80), so mounted that the inlet axis (78) of the... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4315559 | Muffler for internal combustion engine A muffler for internal combustion engines and comprising a housing having an inlet passageway for admitting exhaust gases into the interior of the housing and an outlet passageway for discharging the exhaust gases from the housing, the interior of the hou... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4227898 | Air cleaner An air cleaner to remove particulate matter from an air stream, and to dampen sounds emitted to the air cleaner by an internal combustion engine receiving air from the air cleaner. Such sounds are commonly conducted upstream through conventional air clean... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4056934 | After-burning preventive and flame-out apparatus For use in a muffler of an internal combustion engine improved flame-out apparatus includes first and second L-shaped screens each having a longitudinal section and a transverse section. The transverse sections are axially spaced apart and the space there... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4019456 | Marine wet exhaust system and improvements in powered marine vessel An exhaust gas-cooling water separation chamber, a gas collection chamber and gas acceleration and gas flow-shaping conduit means. The entrance of the separation chamber is connectable to water coolant and gas exhaust tubes from a marine engine. The separ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3960509 | Catalytic muffler A catalytic muffler is described with reference to three preferred embodiments. In the first embodiment, a cylindrical entry tube having peripheral holes passes into the interior of the muffler, a second cylindrical tube having peripheral holes offset fro... | 06/01/1976 |
