Flush and sub-flush protective shields to reduce exhaust soot and condensate deposition

摘要

An exhaust assembly that includes an exhaust pipe extending rearward from a vehicle into an exhaust passage, and a fascia coupled to the vehicle defining the exhaust passage. The exhaust assembly further includes a bezel defining an exhaust opening substantially aligned with the pipe, and a sleeve configured within the exhaust opening, which may define an exhaust plane. The sleeve extends rearward, flush or sub-flush, with the rearmost portion of the exhaust opening or exhaust plane, and substantially parallel to an exit portion of the pipe.

主权项

1. An exhaust assembly, comprising:
an exhaust pipe extending rearward from a vehicle into an exhaust passage; a fascia coupled to the vehicle defining the exhaust passage; a bezel comprising curved surfaces having a rearmost portion and inner surfaces substantially parallel to an exit portion of the pipe, the bezel defining an exhaust opening substantially aligned with the pipe that comprises an exhaust opening plane tangent to the rearmost portion of the curved surfaces of the bezel; and a sleeve configured within the exhaust opening, wherein the sleeve extends tangent to the inner surfaces of the bezel and rearward, flush or sub-flush, with a rearmost portion of the exhaust opening and the exhaust opening plane, and substantially parallel to the exit portion of the pipe.