摘要 |
A muffler assembly (10, 210, 350) includes top outer shell (12), bottom outer shell (14), and drop-in inner cartridge (16, 212, 352) positioned to lie between top and bottom outer shells (12, 14). Top outer shell (12) abuts bottom outer shell (14) to define seam (71). Seam (71) includes inner surface (73) facing into interior cartridge-receiving chamber (76) defined between top and bottom outer shells (12, 14). Drop-in inner cartridge (16, 212, 352) includes outer edge (75) abutting inner surface (73) of seam (71) to cause drop-in inner cartridge (16, 212, 352) to lie wholly within interior cartridge-receiving chamber (76). Drop-in inner cartridge (16, 212, 352) includes inlet and outlet tubes (86, 88, 214, 216, 354, 356) and baffle system (23, 215, 357) having first side (142, 272) connected to top side (91, 231) of inlet tube (86, 214, 354) and second side (150, 280) connected to bottom side (97, 237) of outlet tube (88, 216, 356). Baffle system (23, 215) includes baffle (20, 220) having perimeter edge (98, 239). Perimeter edge (98, 239) engages top wall (36) of top outer shell (12) and bottom wall (56) of bottom outer shell (14).
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