US 12,305,549 B2
Heat shield for exhaust system
David Salvadori, Beauvais (FR); Christophe Leonard, Beauvais (FR); and Valentin Bousselet, Beauvais (FR)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Appl. No. 18/844,630
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 16, 2023, PCT No. PCT/IB2023/051402
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/180827, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2204215 (GB), filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0109705 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. F01N 13/08 (2010.01)
CPC F01N 13/08 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat shield for protecting part of an exhaust system of an agricultural or industrial vehicle, the heat shield comprising:
a housing for enclosing the part of the exhaust system, wherein a base of the housing includes a tiered discharge plate arrangement having at least two tiers of vertically spaced plates, the tiered arrangement having a lower plate which is continuous and an upper plate vertically spaced above the lower plate which has an opening positioned vertically above the continuous lower plate, a first edge of the lower plate being spaced from an adjacent wall of the housing to define a first gap between the first edge and the adjacent wall, the upper plate having a second edge which overhangs the first edge and is spaced closer to the adjacent wall than the first edge.