Decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angels

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6694651
  • Patent Number
    6,694,651
  • Date Filed
    Friday, September 27, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, February 24, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles consists of one rotary multi-direction slip-on assembly that extends along with the size of the exhaust, one decorative plate going with the user's preferences and requirements to provide decoration and attraction and one plastic exhaust cover installed on one end of the multi-direction slip-on assembly so as to provide various decoration and attraction and could be applied to all kinds of automobile exhausts.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention refers to a decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles. More elaborately, it is an exhaust mechanism with rotary angles easy to assembly and widely applied to all kinds of automobile exhausts.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Traditional automobile exhausts are single pipes. Users who want to promote the horsepower of the automobile usually replace the single pipe with duplex or more exhausts. This might fulfill their demanding performance yet lack of decoration and attraction.




Though the structure and application of such automobile exhausts seem to work just fine, the inventor of the present invention who has used and observed the structure of traditional exhausts found such exhausts only provided one function which was monotonous and lagging behind modern requirements for novelty and variety. Therefore, there is much for improvement in traditional exhausts.




In light of the demands in the market and the problems for traditional exhausts, the inventor of the present invention put years of experience in the research and the development of “a decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles”.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The objective of the present invention is to provide a decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles applicatory to exhausts in different specifications, diameters and numbers. Through the fixing plate installed in accordance with the user's preference and requirement and the formative decorative flake, a rotary multi-direction slip-on assembly that extends along with the size of the exhaust and one formative exhaust cover installed on one end of the multi-direction slip-on assembly, the exhaust is given a great variety in application, decoration and attraction.




In the following, the embodiment illustrated is used to describe the detailed structural characteristics and operation action for the present invention. The figures are not intended to impose any restriction on the form of the present invention. Any modification or changes to the present invention with the same inventive spirits are protected in the present invention.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a diagram about the detailed decomposition of the structure for the present invention.





FIG. 2

is a diagram about the first applied appearance for the present invention.





FIG. 2A

is a diagram about the first applied combination for the present invention.





FIG. 2B

is a diagram about the first applied combination for the present invention.





FIG. 2C

is a diagram about the first applied combination for the present invention.





FIG. 3

is a diagram about the applied installation for the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a diagram about the applied operation for the present invention.





FIG. 5

is a diagram about second applied appearance decomposition for the present invention.





FIG. 6

is a diagram about third applied installation for the present invention.





FIG. 7

is a diagram about forth applied appearance decomposition for the present invention.





FIG. 8

is a diagram about fifth applied appearance decomposition for the present invention.





FIG. 9

is a diagram about sixth applied appearance decomposition for the present invention.





FIG. 10

is a diagram about seventh applied appearance decomposition for the present invention.





FIG. 11

is a diagram about the structure of the hook and the spacer for the present invention.





FIG. 12

is a diagram about another application of the fixing plate for the present invention.





FIG. 13

is a diagram about still another application of the fixing plate for the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




The present invention is a decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles. It consists of one multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


, one formative cover


2


and one decorative plate


3


.




Please refer to

FIG. 1

in which the multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


is a rotary multi-direction shaft composed of one positioning inlay


10


, one multi-direction connector


20


and one linking ring


30


. The positioning inlay


10


is a curved assembly that could be slipped on the curved connecting interface


202


of the multi-direction connector


20


. On the outside of its ring body is set with several adjustable positioning holes


101


for the positioning inlay


10


adjusted as needed to be fixed on the connecting interface


202


with screws


103


. The bolt lock hole


102


could be locked to the bolt lock body


302


of the linking ring


30


with bolts


303


.




The multi-direction connector


20


consists of the slip-on shaft


201


and the curved connecting interface


202


wherein the slip-on shaft


201


is a hollow shaft with one end connected to the automobile exhaust and the replacing interface


202


is slipped through the positioning inlay


10


with one end connecting to the linking ring


30


.




The linking ring


30


is a slip-on ring with an opening on either end. A blocker


301


is set on the exterior of the ring at adequate distance with several bolt locks


302


at equal distances on the top so as to fix to the bolt lock hole


102


of the positioning inlay


10


by passing the bolt


303


through the screw hole of the fixing plate


31


.




When installing the multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


, the above adjusted positioning inlay


10


is passed through the positioning hole


101


to the connecting interface


202


of the multi-direction connector


20


and fixed on the multi-direction connector


20


with the bolt


103


. The bolt lock


302


of the linking ring


30


and the screw hole


311


of the positioning plate


31


are connected to the bolt lock hole


102


of the positioning inlay


10


by means of the bolt


303


. This allows the installation and the rotation of the formative exhaust cover


2


and the decorative plate


3


for the application to exhausts in all kinds, specifications and sizes.




The formative exhaust cover


2


is a replaceable cover with one end as the opening inlay interface


23


whose exterior is installed with several screw holes


21


so as to connect to the linking ring


30


with the bolt


22


. The other end of the cover


2


is a changeable molding with several openings or holes for the purpose of ventilation.




The decorative plate


3


is composed of the fixing flake


31


and the decorative plate


32


whose size and shape could be adjusted in accordance with the user's preference and requirements.




The fixing plate


31


could be made of any material (such as metal, wood) into any shape with depth, such as semicircle, rectangle or any shape (as shown in

FIG. 3

,

FIG. 6

to FIG.


10


). The surface is fixed by passing the bolt


313


through the lock hole


312


or through adhesion (such as twin adhesive) so as to connect the decorative flake


32


, thus provides decoration and attraction (shown in FIG.


1


). On the back of the decorative flake


32


there is a pair of screw holes corresponding to the lock hole


312


for the insertion and fixing of the screw


313


.




Beneath the fixing plate


31


there is a curved breach


314


at an adequate distance that go with the linking ring


30


. Along the curved breach


314


of the fixing plate


31


there are several screw holes


311


for the fixing plate


31


to fix on the linking ring


30


of the multi-direction slip-on assembly by inserting the bolt


313


to the lock body


302


of the linking ring


30


(as shown in

FIGS. 2A

, B and C) or to fix to the multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


by welding with the linking ring


30


(as shown in FIG.


2


). Besides, in order to meet the requirement of molding, several LED


321


could be set at equal distances on the edge of the fixing plate


31


of the decorative plate


3


(as shown in FIGS.


5


-


10


).




Furthermore, on the back of the fixing plate


31


of the decorative plate


3


there is a [-shaped spacer


315


at an adequate distance with an adjustable trough


41


. On one side of the spacer


315


there is a hook


4


for the adjustable trough


41


(as shown in

FIG. 11

) to hook onto the trunk of the automobile (as shown in FIG.


10


). The hook


4


and the spacer could be passed through the adjustable trough


41


with the bolt


42


so that the hook is able to move up and down to adjust the height.




The above components form a complete decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles. Please refer to

FIG. 2

to FIG.


10


. During the installation (please refer to

FIG. 1

, FIG.


3


and FIG.


4


), the decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles for the present invention is installed at the opening of the automobile exhaust which passes through the slip-on shaft


201


of the multi-direction slip-on connector


20


. After adjusting the positioning inlay


10


to an adequate angle, lock it to the slip-on shaft


201


of the multi-direction connector


20


by passing the bolt


103


through the lock hole


102


, which is easy and fast. Moreover, the decorative plate


3


could be connected to the multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


by welding (as shown in

FIG. 2

) or bolting (ass shown in

FIGS. 2A

, B and C). In this way, the decorative flake


32


(bolted or adhered) and the fixing plate


31


could be replaced by the user's favor, thus highlights the user's personal style, characteristics and variety.




Please refer to

FIG. 6

to FIG.


10


. From FIG.


6


and

FIG. 7

, you see a larger sized of the present invention with a fixing plate


31


equipped with the decorative flake


32


and the bulb


321


. One end of the fixing plate


31


is bended vertically to fix to the bumper


51


of the automobile with the curved breach


314


on the other end embedded onto the multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


to form another application mode wherein there are several rows of adjustable lock holes


318


either beneath the fixing plate


31


or above the combing plate


316


locked by bolts. Then slip the circular holes beneath the combining plate


316


to the multi-direction slip-on assembly


1


.




In summary, the exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles and decoration functions for the present invention provides more functions than traditional mechanism and has broke through traditional technology bottleneck, which practically meets the qualifications for invention based on new type and improvement. Accordingly, an application is submitted for examination



Claims
  • 1. A decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles consisting of a multi-direction slip-on assembly, a formative exhaust cover and a decorative plate, characterized in that:said multi-direction slip-on assembly is a rotary multi-direction shaft consisting of a positioning inlay, a multi-direction connector and a linking ring; said formative exhaust cover is a replaceable cover with one opening inlaying interface at one end and several screw holes at adequate distances along an exterior edge to bolt to said linking ring, a formative mold is set on the other end with several holes for ventilation; said decorative plate is composed of a fixing plate and a decorative flake, beneath said fixing plate, there is a curved breach at an adequate distance with several screw holes lying along said breach to fix on said linking ring.
  • 2. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said positioning inlay is a curved assembly connecting to said multi-direction connector, outside said positioning inlay there are several adjustable positioning holes for said positioning inlay to connect to a connecting interface by bolts locking a bolt lock hole with a bolt lock of said linking ring;said multi-direction connector is a shaft consisting of a slip-on shaft and a curved connecting interface, wherein said connecting interface is connected inside said positioning inlay in a way to rotate in multiple directions with one end of said slip-on shaft connecting to an automobile exhaust, said connecting interface adapted to be combined within said positioning inlay on one end while the other end embedded to said linking ring; and said linking ring is a ring with an opening on either end and a blocker outside said linking ring, there are several equal-distant said locks outside said linking ring so as to connect said fixing plate to said fixing plate by passing said bolts through said screw lock holes.
  • 3. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said fixing plate is adapted to be attached to said decorative flake with screws or adhesion (such as twin adhesive) to provide a decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles.
  • 4. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said decorative plate adapted to be connected with said multi-direction slip-on assembly by bolting or welding.
  • 5. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said decorative plate adapted to have several equal-distance LEDs sitting on an edge.
  • 6. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said fixing plate of said decorative plate adapted to be preformed into a N-shaped plate (as an end view) with a an inverted u-shaped spacer containing an adjustable trough on an back thereof, said spacer has a hook with another adjustable trough on an opposite side being able to be moved up and down for hooking on an automobile's trunk.
  • 7. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said fixing plate's back of said decorative plate adapted to be set with a combining plate so as to embed to a sliding trough on said fixing plate, thus said fixing plate is able to move up and down by adjusting said trough or lock holes before locking up with bolts.
  • 8. The decorative and attractive exhaust mechanism with adjustable angles of claim 1, wherein said fixing plate and said decorative flake of said decorative plate are changeable by inserting said curved breach to said multi-direction slip-on assembly closely to form a one-piece assembly and placed on one or more exhausts.
US Referenced Citations (1)
Number Name Date Kind
6238122 Brooks et al. May 2001 B1