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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069952 | Fluid reservoir assembly A fluid reservoir assembly having a pan defining a drain opening and a plug disposed therein is disclosed. The pan includes a pair of ramps disposed on an inner surface thereof adjacent the drain opening. The plug includes a pair of wings in engagement with the ramp... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066100 | Oil pan and lubricating device An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator.... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7748500 | Oil pan for internal combustion engine An oil pan is disposed in a lower part of an internal combustion engine and has an oil pan body divided, with respect to a vertical direction, into oil pan elements having bottom walls respectively of different depths. A baffle plate divides the interior of the oil ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7431044 | Instrument tilting apparatus An apparatus and method for adjusting the orientation of a lubricant-retaining basin is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cabinet configured for retaining a vacuum pump and a lubricant-retaining basin. A rotatable member engages the lubricant-retaining basin and e... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7398858 | Oil pan arrangement The invention relates to an oil pan arrangement for an internal-combustion engine including a cover part, a bottom part for the oil pan and at least one suction pipe which opens out into an suction region of the bottom part. The suction pipe is connected to the suct... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387190 | Oil pan assembly and method of selecting an oil pan A transmission oil pan assembly includes an oil pan matable with a transmission case to at least partially define a transmission interior space, and an accessing component for accessing an interior component located inside of the transmission interior space from out... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7363832 | Transmission system for scooters A transmission system for a scooter has a gear train assembly and a gear shifting mechanism. The gear train assembly has an input shaft, which is provided with an integral gear, an intermediate shaft, an output shaft, an input fork, an intermediate fork, an output f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357225 | Two part oil or fluid drain plug with magnet A two part oil drain plug assembly facilitates the draining of oil or fluid from a sump, and its use prevents the threads of the sump, which may be an automotive oil pan, from becoming stripped or damaged. Further, the device aids in the determination of the physica... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357113 | Baffle plate configuration of internal combustion engine A baffle plate configuration of an internal combustion engine according to a first embodiment of the invention is provided below a rotational member arranged on or near a crankshaft and prevents the rotational members and lubricant in a pan from interfering each oth... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350255 | Vehicle ramp A ramp for a vehicle comprises an elongated track with a leading end and a trailing end. The leading end engages a flatbed platform of a vehicle, and the trailing end engages a ground surface so that there is a slope between the leading and trailing ends when the ra... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341039 | Lubrication system for a marine propulsion system with a tilted in-line engine A lubrication system for an in-line engine which has a piston symmetry plane that is tilted relative to a vertical plane is provided with an oil pan and windage tray that facilitates the transfer of oil from a rotating crankshaft to the oil pan without excessive aer... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325527 | Oil pump arrangement for an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine has a power unit case having a crankcase, a first housing flange and a second housing flange. The crankshaft axis and the output shaft axis define a reference plane. An oil pump has an oil pump shaft, having an oil pump shaft axis, disp... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316834 | Drip mat The drip mat is a durable, modular fluid collection mat that rests on the ground in high-traffic areas where vehicles move slowly or stop for extended periods of time. The mat has at least one collection block that has a floor and at least one sidewall extending aro... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308970 | Externally serviceable transmission sump fill pipe and drain port assembly A transmission fluid sump for an automotive transmission comprising a reservoir portion, a threaded extension on the reservoir portion and a fill pipe threadably connected to the extension. A closure member seals a central opening in the extension independently of t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306076 | Crush-proof catch pan for engine oil A waste oil container includes an oil catch pan for collecting oil that leaks from a parked vehicle and a leash for attaching the oil catch pan to the vehicle. The oil catch pan includes a bottom, a surrounding wall structure, and an open top. The oil catch pan is i... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293529 | Kennel system A kennel system having a floor assembly including at least one floor unit having a floor pan and a grate. The floor pan has a drain, an integral water receptacle and a trough for guiding fluid to the drain. The grate is positioned over the floor pan. The grate has a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290558 | Modular and mobile waste and/or hazardous liquid containment and collection shower system A waste water and hazardous chemical collection system is provided. The system includes a bottom pan having a plurality of vertically disposed walls, a multitude of outwardly horizontally projecting ledges and a plurality of downwardly depending lips. Each pan furth... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287616 | Transmission case and dipstick assembly The present invention provides a motorcycle including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame supported by the front and rear wheels, a crankcase, a transmission case coupled to the crankcase, a transmission access door coupled to a side of the transmission case, and a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284528 | Crank shaft support assembly A crank shaft support assembly for increasing stiffness and reducing thermal mismatch distortion in a crank shaft bore of an engine comprising different materials. A cylinder block comprises a first material and at least two crank journal inserts are insert-molded i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261079 | Oil strainer support structure in engine In an engine wherein an upper end portion of a casing of an oil strainer disposed within an oil pan is supported on a crank case side and a suction port is formed in a lower end of the casing whose lower portion is formed in a funnel shape, the oil strainer is suppo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258749 | Wash fluid containment system A wash fluid containment system includes an elevated, fluid impervious surface upon which items to be washed are placed for washing. The surface is configured to cause wash fluid to flow to an edge of the surface and off of the surface to prevent buildup of wash flu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255137 | Petroleum spill containment system A spilled fuel containment apparatus including a drive-on substrate and at least one side that is substantially vertically extendable. The at least one side being substantially fluidically sealed with the substrate when the at least one side is substantially vertica... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234432 | Crankshaft for V-type six-cylinder engine A crankshaft for a V-type six-cylinder engine is equipped with first through sixth crankpins, first through fourth crank journals, and first through ninth arms for connecting the crank pins and the crank journals to each other. Of the first through ninth arms, the t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219795 | Device for protecting a painter's canvas in particular during its transport A device in the form of a concave receptacle (2) has a base (10) from which extends gradually flaring out, at least locally, an edge (12), the painted surface of the canvas (18) being designed to be urged facing the base (10), with... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219642 | Powertrain assembly and integral truss oil pan therefor A cast oil pan is connected between en engine crankcase and a lower end portion of a transmission bellhousing. Oil pan side walls each incorporate an integrally cast truss extending between an end flange of the oil pan and adjacent portions of an upper flange to sti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213621 | Oil change equipment An oil change equipment includes an oil barrel, an oil-collecting pan, and a vacuum oil-pumping device; the oil barrel has an inlet thereon, and a control valve connected thereto; an oil conduit is joined to the oil inlet of the oil barrel at one end, and connected ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210562 | Oil pan structure for four-cycle engine An oil pan structure for a four-cycle engine, in which oil stored in an oil pan is sucked up by an oil pump through an oil strainer and in which oil lubrication is performed by supplying the sucked oil again to each of parts of the engine to be lubricated. In this o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188708 | Oil pan for automobile engine An oil pan for an engine, the oil pan having a plurality of substantially parallel, spaced-apart reinforcement channels (58) extending from adjacent a first end (10) of the oil pan to adjacent a second end (12) of the oil pan, each channel (5... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171938 | Dry sump type lubrication device for a motorcycle A dry sump type lubrication device for a motorcycle includes a four stroke engine having, in a crankcase bottom, a first oil pump for collecting lubricating oil and a second oil pump for delivering lubricating oil. A frame supporting the four-stroke engine and havin... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168524 | Aircraft fluid drip pan system A system for improved collection and containment of fluids such as oils that commonly drip from an aircraft during service maintenance operations and during normal periods of storage. The system comprises a ground-supported drip pan incorporating a peripheral cutout... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165651 | Lubricating structure of an engine for vehicle A lubricating structure of an engine for vehicle comprising a main pump for pressure-feeding a lubricating oil, and a scavenging pump for pumping the lubricating oil out of a crank room to transfer the oil, can reduce an applied load of a main pump and reduce a powe... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7134641 | Valve having axial and radial passages A valve includes a valve body (100) disposable within a chamber (103) of a housing (101) and capable of being fluidly sealed with respect to the housing (101) when the valve is closed. At least one radial passage (117) is disposed ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131965 | Medical fluid collection and removal device Liquid collection apparatus usable during surgery, comprising a shallow tray defining a liquid receiving zone that is upwardly exposed for receiving liquid dropping from a surgery area, and a liquid collector in a zone for collecting dropping liquid while allowing a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124730 | Oil catching system for an internal-combustion engine, particularly for an opposed-cylinder engine An oil catching system for an internal-combustion engine, particularly for an opposed cylinder engine, has an oil catching housing arranged below a crankcase. An oil suction space is provided in the oil catching housing from which the lubricating oil is transported ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100232 | Vehicle ramp A ramp for a vehicle comprises an elongated track with a leading end and a trailing end. The leading end engages a flatbed platform of a vehicle, and the trailing end engages a ground surface so that there is a slope between the leading and trailing ends when the ra... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090054 | Oil container and dispenser A container for a manually operable oil dispenser for use with metal working machines comprises a bucket providing a reservoir for oil to be dispensed and a pan in the bucket for catching oil and chips dropping thereinto and for returning the oil to the bucket. The ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077285 | Oil container and a process for the production thereof What is proposed is an oil container which is suitable for use in optimizing the oil balance of an internal combustion engine or a transmission, particularly an automatic transmission, and which has low weight and can be produced in such a way that adverse effects w... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066133 | Cover plate for a crank case A cover plate is provided for closing a crankcase of an internal-combustion engine on its underside. The cover plate has a suction point for collecting lubricant from the crankcase. With respect to the crankcase, the suction point is closed off by a screen plate. Th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047930 | Drip tray The present invention relates to a drip tray that minimizes spillage when the oil filter of an engine is removed. The tray is formed of a generally flat and flexible member which is bent to provide a concave upper surface for directing spilled oil away from the engi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040454 | Dry-sump lubrication type four-stroke cycle engine The interior of a crankcase is divided into a front crank chamber and a rear transmission chamber by a partition wall of a given height. A lower part of the transmission case is used as an oil reservoir chamber for reserving lubricating oil. Opposite ends of the cra... | 05/09/2006 |
