Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Patent
1990-11-19
1993-03-23
Marmor, Charles A.
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
180297, 180 892, 180309, 60299, 60323, B60K 1304, B60K 504
Patent
active
051956071
ABSTRACT:
A dual type exhaust system is used in an automobile having an internal combustion engine with transversely mounted front and rear rows of cylinders. Two exhaust pipe assemblies extend from the front and rear rows of cylinders, respectively, toward the back of the car body. The two assemblies are arranged side by side in a space formed in a floor panel. The exhaust pipe assemblies are, respectively, provided with catalytic converters offset in a lengthwise direction of the car body with respect to the space relative to each other so as to be arranged in a straight line in the space.
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Fujita Satoshi
Kawamura Hiromichi
Komatsu Nobuhiro
Nakatsuka Hiroshi
Shimada Yukiichiro
Johnson Brian L.
Marmor Charles A.
Mazda Motor Corporation
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