Patents by Inventor Shun-Lai Chen

Shun-Lai Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020134614
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved structure of a muffler at the rear end of an exhaust pipe, mainly comprising a tapered inner pipe inside a tapered conical outer pipe, and a plurality of silencing holes being disposed on the wall of the inner pipe, and a silencing cotton wrappers around and covers the external rim of the inner pipe, and a sleeve being disposed in the inner pipe proximate to the rear end of the inner pipe. The front end of such sleeve is a tapered conical pipe, and the rear end slight extends to the outside of the rear end of the external pipe. A decorative lid covers the rear end surface of the external pipe, and a gas-receiving pipe having a French connector being soldered to the front end of the external pipe, and an n-shaped fixing bracket having a fixing hole on it being soldered to an appropriate position on the external surface of the external pipe proximate to the rear end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Shun-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 6435302
    Abstract: A motor vehicle muffler having a muffler loop installed in a casing in the exhaust pipe of a motor vehicle, the muffler loop formed of three muffler tubes and two connecting tubes, the muffler tubes being arranged at different elevations in the casing and crossed by one another at the same point, the connecting tubes being arranged in parallel outside the casing to connect the muffler tubes in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Shun-Lai Chen
  • Publication number: 20020079160
    Abstract: A motor vehicle muffler having a muffler loop installed in a casing in the exhaust pipe of a motor vehicle, the muffler loop formed of three muffler tubes and two connecting tubes, the muffler tubes being arranged at different elevations in the casing and crossed by one another at the same point, the connecting tubes being arranged in parallel outside the casing to connect the muffler tubes in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Shun-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 6385967
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe for motor vehicle muffler having a plurality of muffling holes arranged over the periphery, a partially perforated conical tube suspended on the inside and axially extended from the exhaust gas input end thereof for accelerating exhaust gas passing through, and a plurality of spiral portions formed integal with the periphery thereof and spaced around the conical tube for turning exhaust gas escaped from peripheral through holes on the conical tube into a spiral flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: Shun-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 6382348
    Abstract: A twin muffler includes two muffling units connected in parallel to the exhaust post of an engine through a manifold, each muffling unit having a front accumulation chamber, a rear accumulation chamber, a perforated inner tube connected between the front and rear accumulation chambers, the perforated inner tube having a twisted middle section for causing exhaust gas to form a spiral flow, an internally tapered guide tube adapted to guide exhaust air from the perforated inner tube to the rear accumulation chamber, and a hopper-like exhaust endpiece adapted to guide exhaust gas out of the rear accumulation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Shun-Lai Chen