Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable valve for muffler and dual muffler having the same
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Application No.: US16288335Application Date: 2019-02-28
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Publication No.: US11319848B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Ja Kyung Ku
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company , Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2018-0124165 20181018
- Main IPC: F01N1/16
- IPC: F01N1/16 ; F16K5/06 ; F01N13/08 ; G10K11/162

Abstract:
A variable valve for a muffler may include an actuator; a valve tube having an inlet into which exhaust gas is flowed, and a first outlet and a second outlet into which the exhaust gas is discharged, and installed in a middle of a tail pipe into which the exhaust gas is discharged from a muffler; and a valve body in a ball shape rotatably installed in the valve tube, and rotatable by a rotational force delivered from the actuator to block the inlet, or to communicate the inlet with a selected one of the first outlet and the second outlet according to a rotated state of the valve body.
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