An apparatus comprises a housing comprising a housing first portion and a housing second portion. The housing first portion comprises a first joint portion overlapping a second joint portion of the housing second portion so as to form a housing joint. A clamp is positioned on the housing joint and comprises a base portion. A first surface of the base portion is positioned on the housing joint. A plurality of legs extend from the base portion towards the housing each of which are spaced from each other around the housing joint. A plurality of flange segments extend from each side of the base portion away from the housing. A band is positioned on a second surface of the base portion opposite the first surface and around the clamp. The band is positioned between the plurality of flange segments and operatively coupled to the housing via the clamp.

An assembly is provided including a clamp comprising a band having an annular groove defined therein. The annular groove is defined between a pair of curved band surface sections joined to a substantially flat band surface section when the clamp is viewed in cross-section. The assembly also includes a substantially cylindrical body having an axis. A flared flange extends radially outwardly from the cylindrical body. A retaining clip extends from the flared flange. The band clamp is secured to the conduit such that the flared flange of the conduit is positioned within the band, and the retaining clip of the conduit is secured to the band.

An engine apparatus includes an engine, an exhaust gas purification device, an outlet side bracket, and an inlet side bracket. The exhaust gas purification device is mounted above a cylinder head to extend along an axis of an output shaft of the engine. The inlet side bracket is configured to couple an exhaust gas inlet side of the exhaust gas purification device to the cylinder head. The inlet side bracket includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket. The first bracket is configured to be secured to a surface of the cylinder head intersecting the axis of the output shaft and includes a wide width. The second bracket includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The third bracket is configured to be coupled to an end surface of the exhaust gas purification device and the distal end portion of the second bracket.

A muffler includes an elongated muffler shell body with a first muffler end cap mounted on the first end of the muffler shell body in a manner defining a first muffler joint and a second muffler end cap mounted on the second end of the muffler shell body in a manner defining a second muffler joint. A louver and baffle assembly is mounted within an interior of the muffler shell body. The first end of the muffler shell body includes a first shell bead/ridge and the second end of the muffler shell body includes a second shell bead/ridge, and each of the circumferential edges of the first muffler end cap and the second muffler end cap are formed to define cap bead/ridges shaped and dimensioned for engagement with the first shell bead/ridge of the first end of the muffler shell body and the second shell bead/ridge of the second end of the muffler shell body.

A manufacturing method for a muffler includes: a trimming step, of cutting out a dogleg shaped muffler body member; a bending processing step of processing the muffler body member into a tube by advancing the muffler body member between an upper roller and a lower roller of a bending machine while adjusting an advancing direction with a guide and by changing a relative position of the upper roller and the lower roller; a first joining step of joining two ends of the tubularly-processed muffler body member in a long side direction; an insertion step of inserting an inner structural member into the inside of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; a second joining step of joining caps to opening portions of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; and a third joining step of joining an air intake joint and an exhaust pipe to the sealed muffler body member.

A silencer insert (10) for a silencer of an exhaust system includes a first and a second partition wall (11, 12) and a connecting wall (13) arranged therebetween. The first partition wall (11) defines a first plane (E1), the second partition wall (12) defines a second plane (E2), and the connecting wall (13) defines a third plane (E3). At least one of the first partition wall, the second partition wall, and the connecting wall includes at least one perforated area (15). The connecting wall (13) is formed in one piece with the first partition wall (11) and the second partition wall (12). The first plane encloses with the second plane an angle of not more than 60°, the first plane and the second plane being particularly in parallel. A silencer is provided including a housing (1) receiving the silencer insert (10). A method is provided for manufacturing the silencer insert.

An exhaust muffler, for longitudinal installation in a vehicle, includes a muffler housing (28) elongated in the direction of a longitudinal axis (G) of the housing. The muffler housing (28) has a housing jacket (30) and two front walls (32, 34), which are arranged, with respect to the direction of the longitudinal axis (G) of the housing, at spaced locations from one another. The front walls (32, 34) and the housing jacket (30) define a muffler interior space. At least one inlet pipe leads into the muffler interior space and at least one outlet pipe leads out of the muffler interior space. The housing jacket includes at least one predetermined deformation area (64, 66) including at least one wall area (68, 70), not parallel to the housing longitudinal axis (G), provided at the housing jacket (30).

A method for producing an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device inserts a monolith in a housing, assembled from a circumferentially enclosed jacket and two end funnels. The monolith is axially inserted into the jacket with a circumferentially enclosing support mat. The funnels are connected to the jacket via an axial connecting section shaped complementary to the cross-section of the jacket, such that each connecting section and an axial end section of the support mat axially overlap. The jacket, including the connecting sections of the funnels are reduced from a starting cross-section to an end cross-section. This produces a predetermined radial preload in the support mat in a support area extending from the one connecting section to the other connecting section to retain the monolith in the jacket.

An exhaust device includes a supporting component and an exhaust component. The supporting component is configured to support the exhaust component. The supporting component includes a rod and a bracket. The bracket is supported from above by the rod. The exhaust component includes a joining target portion. The joining target portion includes a first joining surface and a second joining surface, to which the bracket is joined. An intermediate surface, which is between the first joining surface and the second joining surface, is provided with a reinforcing portion that reinforces the intermediate surface.

A heating element for a vehicle exhaust gas purification device is provided and is to be disposed in an exhaust gas duct. The heating element extends around a central axis. and comprises a central support defined around the central axis, a heating grid extending radially around the central support, and a liaison element. The liaison element comprises a plurality of mounting brackets comprising at least a first part connecting the mounting brackets to the heating grid, at least a second part connecting the bracket to the duct, intended to be directly or indirectly attached to the duct, and at least one intermediate section connecting the first connecting part to the second connecting part. The connecting element is at least partially radially flexible.