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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827955 | Engine for leisure vehicle An engine for a leisure vehicle including a crank chamber in which a crankshaft is disposed, a transmission chamber in which a transmission unit of the vehicle is disposed, the transmission unit having an input shaft that is coupled to the crankshaft and configured ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7353792 | Engine for motorcycle An engine for a motorcycle includes an engine case split in an upper case section and a lower case section. A mating surface between the upper case section and the lower case section extends linearly and inclines forward downward in a side view of the motorcycle. A ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7219646 | In-line multicylinder combustion engine There is provided an in-line multicylinder combustion engine of a type, in which the length and the width of the combustion engine can be reduced; which can be assembled compact in size with its center of gravity lowered in position; in which mass centering in the c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7168405 | Camshaft drive mechanism Apparatus includes left and right inline type cylinder heads essentially identical to one another and each having an intake side, the left and right cylinder heads being combined into a “V” configuration, so that the two intake sides face one another. A left-hea... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7032561 | Engine for snowmobile A snowmobile provided with a water-cooling type engine has a body, half of which is covered by an engine hood so as to form an engine room therein. The water-cooling engine is transversely mounted in the engine room, and the engine includes a crank case, a cylinder ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6957639 | Inclined engine In an inclined engine where a cylinder (2) projects from a crank case (1) obliquely and upwardly, when seen in a direction parallel to a center axis (3) of a crank shaft (10), under a specific observation condition in which the cylinder p... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6941914 | Internal combustion engine A twin cylinder engine, includes a pair of cylinder members mounted to mounting surfaces of a crankcase, and cylinder heads mounted to the cylinder members. The cylinder members are modular components, which may be pre-assembled with components of the valve train as... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935298 | Lubricating device for motorcycle engine There is provided a lubricating device for a motorcycle combustion engine, which allows the motorcycle to exhibit a desired banking angle and also to have a lower center of gravity. The lubricating device is designed to supply a lubricant oil to an in-line multicyli... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6904883 | Modular internal combustion engines A line of small internal combustion engines, including twin cylinder engines and single cylinder engines. The engines each include a crankcase, and one or more cylinder members attached to the crankcase, the cylinder members being separate components from the crankc... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6758299 | V-type internal combustion engine A V-type internal combustion engine is capable of preventing a crankcase and a transmission case from getting dirty by smoothly exhausting water, or the like, dropped between the crankcase and the transmission case and the cylinder block. The V-type internal combust... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6508222 | Power transmission device of an engine A first bearing 16 rotatably supports a crank shaft 10 with respect to a crank case 6. A tubular portion 43 is formed integrally with the crank case 6. A drive shaft 20 penetrates through the tubular portion 43. A second bearing 21 is provided in the tubu... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6305342 | Lubrication system for internal combustion engine Looking from a front toward a rear of a vehicle, a crankcase has a cross sectional shape which gets narrower towards its bottom. The crankcase includes a crankshaft which extends parallel to a direction of travel for the vehicle. A main shaft, a counter s... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305340 | Slanted internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine of which a cylinder is slanted toward a crankcase, comprises intake and exhaust valves provided in a cylinder head and below a combustion chamber and a camshaft provided below the intake and exhaust valves for driving the int... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6135081 | Engine power section for piston engines, particularly V-engines An engine power section for piston engines, particularly V-engines, having a power unit block made of an iron material arranged in a casing of light metal. In order to achieve a stiff weight-reducing power unit block, a flange plate used for limiting the ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6073603 | Vehicular V-type internal combustion engine cylinder block structure To enable preventing interference between a honing machine and a journal wall, avoiding large-sizing of a cylinder block and tilting a front cylinder part so that the upper end is as low as possible in a vehicular V-type internal combustion engine wherein... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5992355 | Power unit of a saddle-seat vehicle An arrangement for improving the cooling performance of an engine by suitably arranging an exhaust pipe and a valve mechanism with respect to the inclined direction of a cylinder block. A cylinder block is inclined in the rightward or leftward direction o... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5636608 | Power unit for a vehicle A power unit for a vehicle constructed by combining an internal combustion engine and a transmission integrally is provided. A crankshaft rotatably supported in front and rear crankcases of the internal combustion engine is positioned biased slightly towa... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5257674 | Engine construction for vehicle A vehicle and drive unit therefor including a transversely disposed engine located in an engine compartment. The engine is of the dry sump lubrication type and has a lubricant reservoir that extends between the cylinders and an air inlet opening to the en... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5240088 | Engine construction for vehicle A vehicle and drive unit therefor including a transversely disposed engine located in an engine compartment. The engine is of the dry sump lubrication type and has a lubricant reservoir that extends between the cylinders and an air inlet opening to the en... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5195608 | Power plant for automotive vehicle A power plant for a front engine front drive type automotive vehicle. The power plant is comprised of a forward and transversely mounted engine having a cylinder block with which a transaxle is joined through a plurality of joining points with bolts. The ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5078105 | Engine for vehicle An engine having a crank case splitted into upper and lower crank cases, and including a crank shaft and a transmission drive shaft disposed on the split plane between the upper crank case and the lower crank case and a transmission main shaft carried by ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5046578 | Drive system for automobile An engine is disposed in a front portion of an automobile and has a crankshaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the automobile. A transmission is coupled to a rear end of the engine and a final speed reduction gear unit is disposed laterally of th... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5024287 | Engine unit for vehicle Several embodiments of power units particularly adapted for transverse engine operation for driving the wheels of a motor vehicle. In all of the embodiments, the axles are disposed on one side of the engine and a change speed transmission is located on th... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5014812 | Drive system for vehicle A drive system for a vehicle (V) provided with a power plant (P) which includes an engine (1), a transmission (3) and a differential device (D). The engine is located longitudinally of the vehicle with the crankshaft extending front-to-rear of the vehicle... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4878469 | Power plant structure for motor vehicle Herein disclosed is a power plant structure which generally includes an engine part and a transmission part. In order to increase the rigidity of the power plant structure, the cylinder block of the engine is tightly connected by bolts to a mounting porti... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4821826 | Components in or for self-powered vehicles Components in or for self-powered vehicles, including in particular an integrated power unit in which a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine and a transmission system are formed as a compact, single structural item in which the engine cylinders... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4811705 | Horizontal-shaft OHV engine An overhead valve engine including a bottom mounting part and a crankcase mounted on and extending upwardly from the mounting part. A crankshaft and a camshaft are rotatably mounted on the crankcase, the shafts being at substantially the same vertical hei... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4798254 | Components in or for self-powered vehicles Components in or for self-powered vehicles, including in particular an integrated power unit in which a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine and a item in which the engine cylinders and the principal rotary plane which lies normal to the cylind... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4671216 | Air intake device for a V-type engine An air inlet means for use with the two cylinder internal combustion V-type engine. The air inlet device includes a carburetor, an air cleaner and an air associated with each cylinder. Such carburetors and inlet pipes are arranged so as to be positioned b... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4567865 | Crankcase for an internal combustion engine A crankcase having a unitary transverse bearing wall through which a crankshaft is mounted. The bearing wall includes blind holes extending passed the bearing hole on either side thereof for receipt of high strength bolts extending therein.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4550698 | Internal combustion engine mount The cylinder head and crankcase housing of an internal combustion engine cooperate with a frame, particularly a motorcycle underframe, to form a supporting unit. The internal combustion engine is secured to the underframe by holding members which cooperat... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4455975 | V-Type multi-cylinder internal combustion engine A V-type multi-cylinder internal combustion engine has a horizontal joint plane between the cylinder block and the intake manifold. Cylinder heads are mounted on the two banks of cylinders and each cylinder head has an inclined surface cooperating with a ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4452195 | Lubricating system for outboard motors An improved lubricating system for a two-cycle internal combustion engine having a vertically disposed crankshaft. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the crankshaft has a connecting rod journal that rotates in a crank chamber above which i... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4395980 | Overhead cam shaft type V-engine for vehicles A motorcycle carries a multiple cylinder overhead cam shaft V-type engine whose cylinders are inclined in the plane of longitudinal (forward) movement of the vehicle. One cylinder (preferably the forward cylinder) is laterally offset to the right, and the... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4354461 | Two-cycle internal combustion engine including horizontal crankshaft A two-cycle internal combustion engine includes a crankcase extending from a cylinder and supporting a horizontally extending crankshaft, a piston mounted for reciprocative movement in the cylinder along an axis generally perpendicular to the crankshaft a... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4135478 | Modular engine construction A modular internal combustion engine is provided in which a single crankcase can be adapted to a plurality of different types of engine configurations. The crankcase is open at its top so that each upper side edge of the crankcase forms a mounting flange ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4013058 | Reciprocating piston engine construction, particularly multi-part cylinder and crankshaft connection arrangement To connect two machine elements which are dynamically loaded by means of tension bolts, the bolts are carried through bores in the machine elements which are somewhat wider than the diameter of the bolts to form a cylindrical chamber, leaving a cylindrica... | 03/22/1977 |
