US 12,000,318 B2
Exhaust muffler supporting structure
Takuma Matsuda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,718.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-153533 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089538 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 19/08 (2006.01); B60K 13/04 (2006.01); F01N 13/08 (2010.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01)
CPC F01N 13/1822 (2013.01) [B60K 13/04 (2013.01); F01N 13/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exhaust muffler supporting structure comprising:
a left vehicle body-side hanger and a right vehicle body-side hanger in pairs, the left vehicle body-side hanger and the right vehicle body-side hanger extending from a bottom of a vehicle body of a vehicle;
a left muffler-side hanger and a right muffler-side hanger in pairs, the left muffler-side hanger and the right muffler-side hanger being fixed to an exhaust system body of the vehicle;
suspending hooks disposed respectively on the left vehicle body-side hanger and the right vehicle body-side hanger;
suspended hooks disposed respectively on the left muffler-side hanger and the right muffler-side hanger; and
a left cushion member and a right cushion member each having a first hook hole into which a corresponding one of the suspending hooks is inserted and a second hook hole into which a corresponding one of the suspended hooks is inserted, the first hook hole and the second hook hole being disposed on respective sides of each of the left cushion member and the right cushion member in a main axis direction, wherein
wherein the left cushion member and the right cushion member are configured, such that an elastic main axis obtained based on a characteristic of the left cushion member and a characteristic of the right cushion member is set on a gravity center position of the exhaust system body.