Ralph Wayne Smith - East Lansing MI Lloyd Charles Kendall - Williamston MI David Lynn Penfield - Grand Ledge MI Robert James Ezze - Lansing MI Joel Ardon Litchfield - Okemos MI
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI
International Classification:
F16L 902
US Classification:
138109
Abstract:
The present invention includes a cast in place aluminum tailspout and a stainless steel exhaust pipe. The stainless steel exhaust pipe includes a flared out portion. The cast in place tailspout includes a section that surrounds at least a portion of the flared section of the exhaust pipe and includes a hooked finger for engaging an outwardly extending shoulder of the flared portion.