Power plants – Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of... – Having vibration attenuating – or expansion and contraction...
Patent
1986-09-18
1988-01-19
Hart, Douglas
Power plants
Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of...
Having vibration attenuating, or expansion and contraction...
180309, 280421, 285 1, F01N 700, F16L 3500
Patent
active
047197528
ABSTRACT:
An exhaust pipe system for an articulated motor vehicle comprising at least a first part and a second part, the first and second parts being pivotable relative to one another, the exhaust pipe system comprising a first rigid portion securable to the first part of the vehicle; a second rigid portion securable to the second part of the vehicle; and an intermediate flexible portion connected at its ends to the rigid portions, the flexible portion comprising a coupling comprising two parts which are releasably secured together by fastening means to provide a substantially gas-tight seal between the two parts of the coupling, the fastening means being such that, when the two parts of the coupling are subjected to a force, relative to one another, above a predetermined level, the fastening means is released allowing the two parts of the coupling to separate from one another without damaging any of the exhaust pipe system.
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General Motors Corporation
Hart Douglas
Phillips R. L.
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