MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414080978 A) filed by Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Hyogo, Japan, on Oct. 24, 2024, for 'vehicle exhaust muffler.'

Inventor(s) include Ohno, Masashi; Arima, Hisatoyo; Yamamoto, Hidehiko; and Fukami, Takashi.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle exhaust muffler 20 includes an inner tube 32 in which a muffler 20, a pipe member 51 which is disposed in the silencer chamber SP is defined, an outer tube 34 forming the outer shell of the through which is disposed in the silencer chamber SP and through which exhaust gas G is allowed to pass, a sensor 84 which detects a state of the exhaust gas G flowing through the pipe member 51, and a closure 88 disposed around the sensor 84 to block gases inside the silencer chamber SP from escaping into the external environment. The closure 88 includes a pipe-side connection 100 at which the closure 88 is coupled to the pipe member 51 and an outer tube-side connection 102 at which the closure 88 is coupled to the outer tube."

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