Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Muffler and its corresponding manufacturing method
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Application No.: US14782852Application Date: 2014-04-09
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Publication No.: US09719404B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Akiyoshi Yamamoto , Kenji Shikata , Ken Miwa , Koichi Hiramatsu , Isao Nojiri , Tomoyuki Fujita , Kazuki Sugi
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2013-081960 20130410; JP2014-021350 20140206
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/000506 WO 20140409
- International Announcement: WO2014/167402 WO 20141016
- Main IPC: F01N13/08
- IPC: F01N13/08 ; B23P11/00 ; B21D39/00 ; B23P17/00 ; B21D51/16 ; F01N13/18 ; F01N1/00 ; B21D51/28

Abstract:
A manufacturing method for a muffler includes: a trimming step, of cutting out a dogleg shaped muffler body member; a bending processing step of processing the muffler body member into a tube by advancing the muffler body member between an upper roller and a lower roller of a bending machine while adjusting an advancing direction with a guide and by changing a relative position of the upper roller and the lower roller; a first joining step of joining two ends of the tubularly-processed muffler body member in a long side direction; an insertion step of inserting an inner structural member into the inside of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; a second joining step of joining caps to opening portions of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; and a third joining step of joining an air intake joint and an exhaust pipe to the sealed muffler body member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160053664A1 MUFFLER AND ITS CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-02-25
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