An exhaust muffler structure to which an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust gas from an engine to an exhaust muffler is connected, the exhaust muffler structure comprising a catalyst device, included inside the exhaust muffler structure, having a catalyst for purifying the exhaust gas of the engine, wherein the catalyst device has one end connected to the exhaust pipe and is supported inside the exhaust muffler via the exhaust pipe, and a body portion of the catalyst device is supported by a first partition wall having an inner partition wall and an outer partition wall that is on the outer side of the inner partition wall, and the outer partition wall is fixed to the inner wall of the exhaust muffler, and the inner partition wall is fixed to the outer wall of the catalyst device.

In an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, an exhaust pipe is reliably bent and deformed during vehicle rear collision while improving drainage performance in the exhaust pipe in normal times. The exhaust system 1 includes a second pipe 17 corresponding to a downstream end part of an exhaust pipe 10 through which exhaust gas flows from an engine 2. The second pipe 17 includes: a fragile part 30 as a starting point of bending deformation of a tail pipe 13; and a partition plate 20 vertically dividing the inside of the second pipe 17 to form, under the partition plate 20, a lower passage 7 to flow water that accumulates in the exhaust pipe 10. The partition plate 20 is in a vicinity of the fragile part 30 and at a position not overlapping with the fragile part 30 in an axial direction of the second pipe 17.

An arrangement of at least two engine-compartment exhaust system components is provided for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The at least two engine-compartment exhaust system components are arranged one behind the other downstream from the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle and are connected to one another by means of a first connecting body, so that exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can be directed in succession through the at least two exhaust system components in the direction of an exhaust system. In addition, the two exhaust system components are also arranged behind a manifold device of the internal combustion engine by means of a second connecting body. A motor vehicle is also provided which comprises at least one such arrangement.

An internal combustion engine exhaust system mixer includes a mixer body (12) with deflection elements (16) extending radially outwards from a mixer body center (14). A ring-shaped carrier area (22) adjoins the mixer body radially on the outside and encloses a mixer longitudinal axis. The carrier area includes a mixer connection area (24) for connecting the mixer (10) to an exhaust system component. A pipe connection wall (30) adjoins the mixer connection area and has a wall inner surface (32). A mixer body carrier wall (34) adjoins the mixer connection area, carries the mixer body, and is enclosed by the pipe connection wall. A first transition surface (40) adjoins the wall and is arched essentially continuously concavely between the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface, and axially defines a ring-shaped pipe-mounting intermediate space (38) between the pipe connection wall and the mixer body carrier wall.

An exhaust gas receiver 21 is provided between an expanded passage portion 132 of an upstream connection member 13 and a catalyst end surface 111. The exhaust gas receiver 21 extends along the entire circumference of a catalyst accommodation case 12. The exhaust gas receiver 21 extends from an upstream opening end portion 121 of the catalyst accommodation case 12 toward an inner part of the passage of the expanded passage portion 132 such that the exhaust gas receiver 21 separates from the expanded passage portion 132, and a space 211 is defined between the exhaust gas receiver 21 and the catalyst end surface 111. Flows of bypass exhaust gas hitting against the catalyst end surface 111 and bouncing off the catalyst end surface 111 hit against and are received by the exhaust gas receiver 21.

A machine comprises a tool for pre-positioning of a body of an exhaust component and a fitting tool having a passage converging from a large opening to a small opening. An actuator device is configured to push the body along a main axis of the machine toward a cover of the exhaust component through the converging passage.

An internal combustion engine exhaust system mixer includes a mixer body (12) with deflection elements (16) extending radially outwards from a mixer body center (14). A ring-shaped carrier area (22) adjoins the mixer body radially on the outside and encloses a mixer longitudinal axis. The carrier area includes a mixer connection area (24) for connecting the mixer (10) to an exhaust system component. A pipe connection wall (30) adjoins the mixer connection area and has a wall inner surface (32). A mixer body carrier wall (34) adjoins the mixer connection area, carries the mixer body, and is enclosed by the pipe connection wall. A first transition surface (40) adjoins the wall and is arched essentially continuously concavely between the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface, and axially defines a ring-shaped pipe-mounting intermediate space (38) between the pipe connection wall and the mixer body carrier wall.

The present invention relates to a heat recovery system comprising a device which allows the connection between the elements of said system, such as a heat exchanger and an actuator controlling a valve of the present system. Said actuator is in turn configured such that its operation depends on the behavior of a substance due to the action of the temperature of a fluid, for example the liquid coolant used in the heat exchanger of the system, which is arranged in an exhaust duct of an internal combustion engine.

Additionally, the invention also relates to a method of assembly of a system having these features.

An exhaust pipe for the exhaust tract of a combustion machine, which has an inlet opening for an air connection, is characterized by an inner pipe section which is surrounded by an outer pipe section in order to form an annular channel that is closed at one end and at the other end is open toward the inner volume of the exhaust pipe, wherein the inlet opening for the air connection opens into the outer pipe section. By means of such an exhaust pipe, advantageous mixing of air supplied via the air connection into the exhaust gas flowing within the exhaust pipe can be achieved with a simple design, which can be attributed in particular to the complete introduction of the air in combination with the flow direction that is present along the longitudinal axis of the annular channel and the exhaust pipe.

A support for an electric heating type catalyst comprises: a honeycomb structure having partition walls that define a plurality of cells, each of cells extending from one end face to other end face to form a fluid path for a fluid; and a pair of electrode layers formed on a side surface of the honeycomb structure, the pair of electrode layers being arranged so as to face each other across a center of the honeycomb structure. The pair of electrode layers is electrically connected to the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure side of each of the electrode layers comprises a portion having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the honeycomb structure.