US2006151238A1PendingUtilityA1

Tail gunner exhaust muffler

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jan 11, 2005Filed: Jan 11, 2005Published: Jul 13, 2006
Est. expiryJan 11, 2025(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Cal C. Giordano
F01N 2290/04F01N 1/166F01N 13/082F01N 1/18
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Abstract

A muffler for a vehicle includes a cover for the muffler, a turbine being rotated by exhaust gas from said vehicle, and a rotatable element being rotated by said turbine.

Claims

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1 ) A muffler for a vehicle, comprising: 
 a cover for said muffler;    a turbine being rotated by exhaust gas from said vehicle;    a rotatable element being rotated by said turbine.    
   
   
       2 ) A muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is a cylinder.  
   
   
       3 ) A muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element extends beyond said cover of said muffler.  
   
   
       4 ) A muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is a rectangle.  
   
   
       5 ) A muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is triangular in shape.  
   
   
       6 ) A muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle is an automobile.  
   
   
       7 ) A muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle is a motorcycle.  
   
   
       8 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle, comprising the steps of: 
 forming a cover for said muffler;    forming a turbine being rotated by exhaust gas from said vehicle;    rotating a rotatable element by said turbine.    
   
   
       9 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is a cylinder.  
   
   
       10 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is formed to extend beyond said cover of said muffler.  
   
   
       11 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is formed as a rectangle.  
   
   
       12 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is formed is a triangular shape.  
   
   
       13 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle is an automobile.  
   
   
       14 ) A method for producing a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle is a motorcycle.  
   
   
       15 ) A system using a muffler for a vehicle, comprising: 
 a cover for said muffler;    a turbine being rotated by exhaust gas from said vehicle;    a rotatable element being rotated by said turbine.    
   
   
       16 ) A system using a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is a cylinder.  
   
   
       17 ) A system using a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element extends beyond said cover of said muffler.  
   
   
       18 ) A system using a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is a rectangle.  
   
   
       19 ) A system using a muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said rotatable element is triangular in shape.  
   
   
       20 ) A system using a.  
   
   
       21 ) muffler for a vehicle as in  claim 1 , wherein said vehicle is a motorcycle.

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