Having Vibration Attenuating, Or Expansion And Contraction Relieving Structure Patents (Class 60/322)
  • Internal combustion engine having a reactor for afterburning of unburned exhaust gas constituents
    Patent number: 3940927
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine possesses a reactor for afterburning of unburned constituents in the exhaust gas. The reactor includes a shell containing a heat-insulated, freely movable reactor chamber with at least one inlet nozzle extending freely through the shell and communicating with an outlet passage of the combustion engine. An outlet is also provided for escape of the exhaust gases from the reactor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Maurhoff, Johannes Steinwart
  • Method and apparatus for attaching the exhaust manifold
    Patent number: 3941409
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the elastic attachment of the exhaust manifold to the cylinder head of the motor wherein the manifold is pressed against a gasketed mating surface with the cylinder head by elastic means disposed between the inclined supporting surfaces of the manifold and the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignees: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Automobiles Peugeot
    Inventor: Jean Rameau