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Exhaust pipe structure of vehicle with low floor

  • US 20040129482A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2003
  • Published: 07/08/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A exhaust system for a vehicle with a low floor, the system comprising:

  • a power unit provided with a longitudinal V-type engine mounted at least partly below the low floor, the power unit comprising a transmission unit and being substantially U-shaped when the power unit is viewed from above, the U-shape defining an opening; and

    a first exhaust pipe connected to a rear cylinder in a bank of the V-type engine, the first exhaust pipe extending downward through the opening and then extending rearward with a rear end of the first exhaust pipe connecting to a second exhaust pipe at a collection member, the second exhaust pipe being connected to a front cylinder in the bank of the V-type engine, wherein the transmission unit is configured so that the transmission unit is connected to the engine on one side of the V-type engine, is extended backward on the one side of the vehicle, and drives a rear wheel from the other side of the vehicle in the vicinity of a pivot of a swing arm for the rear wheel

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