ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,901, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Purem GmbH (Neunkirchen, Germany).
"Sound damper" was invented by Michael Schmidt (Friedrichsthal, Germany) and Philipp Kratz (St. Ingbert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound damper for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a sound damper housing, at least one intermediate wall which is arranged in a housing interior and at least one sound damper connection pipe. The sound damper connection pipe is supported in a first pipe end region on the sound damper housing and is arranged in a second pipe end region on a support element which is arranged in the housin...