US 11,788,448 B2
Vehicle exhaust system with silencer having exhaust jet deflector
Luis Felipe Blas Martinez, Jilotepec (MX); Ricardo Daniel Sanchez Lugo, Texcoco (MX); Miguel Angel Leon Guerrero, Ecatepec de Morelos (MX); Virginia Ortega Conde, Alvaro Obregon (MX); Kristian Ulyses Flores Aviña, Anáhuac i Seccion (MX); and Lucas Apandi Phan, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,826.
Prior Publication US 2022/0307399 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F01N 1/08 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 1/08 (2013.01) [G10K 11/161 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exhaust silencer comprising:
a housing;
a transverse wall disposed in the housing and defining a pair of chambers;
a tube having an opening configured to expel an exhaust jet towards the transverse wall; and
a gas-flow deflector disposed in one of the chambers in alignment with the opening such that a jet of exhaust gases exiting the opening contacts the deflector to provide heat shielding to the transverse wall, wherein the deflector includes:
a riser attached to the traverse wall;
a first rectangular panel attached to the riser,
a second rectangular panel attached to the riser and to the first panel such that the first and second panels are angled relative to each other and are joined long a common vertex that faces the opening.