US 12,215,612 B2
System and method for a cab-mounted muffler assembly
Sandeep Kanzal Venkatesha, Bengaluru (IN); Samir Vikas Joshi, Bengaluru (IN); Mohammed Sajid Ahmed, Bengaluru (IN); Sudeer Gowd Patil, Bengaluru (IN); Abhijit Eknath Patil, Bengaluru (IN); and Kavitha Gajanan, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,745.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,183, filed on Dec. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178298 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. F01N 13/18 (2010.01); B61C 5/04 (2006.01); F01N 1/06 (2006.01); F01N 3/08 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 13/1805 (2013.01) [B61C 5/04 (2013.01); F01N 1/06 (2013.01); F01N 3/0892 (2013.01); G10K 11/161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a support structure configured to couple to an engine cab within an interior of the engine cab; and
a muffler assembly configured to mount to the support structure within the interior and spaced apart from an engine by the support structure;
wherein the support structure includes an enclosure formed between a plurality of support beams, with the muffler assembly seated within the enclosure;
wherein the plurality of support beams includes a plurality of longitudinal support beams, a plurality of lateral support beams, and a plurality of transverse support beams; and
wherein each longitudinal support beam of the plurality of longitudinal support beams is arranged perpendicular to each lateral support beam of the plurality of lateral support beams, and each transverse support beam of the plurality of transverse support beams is arranged non-orthogonally to each longitudinal support beam of the plurality of longitudinal support beams and each lateral support beam of the plurality of lateral support beams.