US 11,746,688 B1
Cross-pipe exhaust assembly
David Akiba Borla, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by David Akiba Borla, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,626.
Application 17/662,626 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/666,277, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,326,501.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/751,590, filed on Oct. 27, 2018.
Int. Cl. F01N 13/10 (2010.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01)
CPC F01N 13/10 (2013.01) [F01N 13/1805 (2013.01); F01N 2470/14 (2013.01); F01N 2470/16 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exhaust assembly for exhausting gas from an internal combustion engine, the exhaust assembly comprising:
a first upstream conduit in fluid communication with a first bank of cylinders of an internal combustion engine;
a second upstream conduit in fluid communication with a second bank of cylinders of the internal combustion engine;
a first inlet collector connected to an end of the first upstream conduit, the first inlet collector having an inlet and splitting into first outlet and a second outlet, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet of the first inlet collector are aligned with the inlet;
a second inlet collector connected to an end of the second upstream conduit, the second inlet collector splitting into a first outlet and a second outlet;
a first outlet collector located downstream of the first inlet collector, the first outlet collector joining a first inlet and a second inlet into a single outlet of the first outlet collector;
a second outlet collector located downstream of the second outlet collector, the second outlet collector joining a first inlet and a second inlet into a single outlet of the second outlet collector;
a first conduit in fluid communication with one of the first outlet and the second outlet of the first inlet collector and one of the first inlet and the second inlet of the first outlet collector, the first conduit having at least one bend formed along a length of the first conduit;
a second conduit in fluid communication with one of the first outlet and the second outlet of the second inlet collector and one of the first inlet and the second inlet of the second outlet collector, the second conduit having at least one bend formed along a length of the second conduit;
a first crossover pipe in fluid communication one of the first outlet and the second outlet of the first inlet collector and one of the first inlet and the second inlet of the second outlet collector; and
a second crossover pipe in fluid communication with one of the first outlet and the second outlet of the second inlet collector and one of the first inlet and the second inlet of the first outlet collector.