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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7571705 | Lubrication device for engine and outboard engine system A lubrication device for an engine, includes: an oil pan which is disposed at a lower portion of an engine and stores lubrication oil; an oil pump which is disposed above the oil pan and driven by the engine; a suction oil passage which guides the oil in the oil pan... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7559307 | Oil filter mounting structure in internal combustion engine An oil filter mounting structure in an internal combustion engine in which the outside a crankcase in the direction of a crankshaft is covered by a case cover. A spacer is interposed between the crankcase and the case cover. The spacer is formed with a lubrication s... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7549405 | Oil filter having an integral metering orifice for a valve lifter oil manifold assembly A combined oil filtration and metering assembly for filtering and metering oil in an oil gallery, such as in a Lifter Oil Manifold Assembly of an internal combustion engine. The filtration and metering assembly includes a filtration element at an oil entrance leadin... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7421996 | Lubricating device for engine An lubrication device for an engine includes: a crank case which freely rotatably supports a crank shaft and also which stores oil at its lower part; an oil strainer which is so arranged as to be fixed in the crank case; and an oil pump which suctions the oil at the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7396473 | Engine oil filter An engine oil filter assembly and method for removing solid and liquid contaminants from engine oil. After solid contaminants are removed by passing the oil under engine pressure upwardly through a fibrous filter element within a lower portion of a canister, the oil... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383809 | Fastening device and method for fastening a component part in an oil sump A fastening device and a method of fastening a component part in an oil pan are described. For easy and still secure mounting, the invention provides a fastening device that consists of a base part and, disposed thereon, of at least one holding part for establishing... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377252 | Internal combustion engine provided with oil filter An internal combustion engine is provided with an oil filter 10 through which lubricant oil having pulsating pressure passes. The oil filter 10 has an oil filter body 11 attached to a filter base 20, and a cover 30 formed integrall... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367426 | EZ change oil An oil extraction apparatus for extracting oil from the oil pan of a vehicle is provided. The oil extraction apparatus includes a pump assembly operationally coupled to a power source of a vehicle. An inlet port assembly operationally coupled to the pump assembly. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360620 | Engine mounting structure of low floor type vehicle In a low floor type vehicle 10, a banking angle θ1 of a longitudinal V-type engine 100 mounted below a low floor is set to an angle equal to or exceeding approximately 90°. The V-type engine is arranged with a bisector L1 of the banking angle ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353794 | Filter-cooler combination for liquids, especially for the lubricating oil of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine The invention relates to a filter-cooler combination for liquids. The filter is a screw-type cartridge that comprises inlet and outlet openings on a front face and that can be detachably screwed to a connecting element having first connecting channels that are assoc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347176 | Gasket with leak conduit A gasket (200) includes a metal substrate (202) that has a first opening (204) and a second opening (216) formed therein. A first sealing bead (208) substantially surrounds the first opening (204). A second sealing bead (... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338426 | Centrifugal separator with rotation detector A centrifugal separator for separating dirt particles from a fluid includes a separator cylinder, which rotates in a separator housing and into which the fluid to be cleaned is introduced. A detection device for indicating the operating state of the separator cylind... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334557 | Engine lubrication system for supplemental oil filtering and controller based activation of a prelubrication pump An engine lubrication system comprising a pump for supplying oil to an engine, a filter for purifying the oil and at least one sensor for discerning parameters of the engine lubrication system and generating signals indicative thereof. The engine lubrication system ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331323 | Lubricating oil supplying system for internal combustion engine A lubricating oil supplying system for an internal combustion engine includes a lubricating oil storage section for storing lubricating oil. A driven pump is driven by the internal combustion engine to suck the lubricating oil from the lubricating oil storage sectio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323103 | Multifunctional shutting device for lubrication filter A multifunctional shutting device for a lubrication filter includes a safety device with triple valve shutting. The safety device includes a first valve for closing the oil intake in the filter with a view to dismantle the filter, a second bypass valve that opens wh... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318405 | Engine for vehicle An engine for a vehicle for which the work of replacing an oil filter or an oil cooler is easily executed. The vehicle engine is provided with a crank case, a cylinder head having an exhaust passage outlet in a front face, an oil pan being independently formed from ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316778 | Staged oil filter incorporating pelletized basic conditioner An improved oil conditioning filter, for use with an internal combustion engine, includes a mechanically active filter element and a chemically active filter element having a reactive basic conditioner therein. The reactive basic conditioner is provided to counterac... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314115 | Lubricating system for internal combustion engine A lubricating system for an internal combustion engine includes a recovery pump by which a lubricating oil dropping to and dwelling in a bottom portion of a crankcase after lubricating individual portions of the internal combustion engine is sucked through a pump su... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296689 | Filter cartridge for liquid media at risk for freezing, particularly for use in fuel cell operated vehicles and in internal combustion engines A filter cartridge for liquid media at risk for freezing employed in fuel cell operated vehicles and internal combustion engines has a housing and a filter lid connected to the housing for closing the housing. A filter insert is inserted into the housing and provide... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297282 | Fluid filter, drain mechanism thereof, draining jig used in fluid filter and draining method of fluid filter The invention provides a drain mechanism of a fluid filter in which a heated fluid is not splashed on a worker at a time of discharging the fluid such as a time of exchanging an element, and can inhibit dusts or the like from being mixed from an external portion at ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291264 | Staged oil filter incorporating additive-releasing particles An improved oil conditioning filter, for use with an internal combustion engine, includes a mechanically active filter element and a chemically active filter element containing a beneficial additive therein. The beneficial additive is provided to extend the useful l... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285149 | Oil separator for vehicle air system An oil separator for use in a vehicle air system includes a recycling valve for removing coalesced oil. The recycling valve may include a piston movable in a cylinder in response to a control air pressure to open the recycling valve and thus drain coalesced oil from... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258105 | Method for verification of at least one given fuel mixture ratio A fuel injection system during operation of an internal combustion engine with at least two separately stored fuel types is supplied with at least one first fuel type. With the supply of a second fuel type or with the change from the supply of the first fuel type to... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258096 | Oil filter fixing system for V type engine The number of constituent parts for an oil filter fixing system such as a bracket, are reduced, and the oil leaks during filter element exchange are avoided. The oil filter fixing system comprises a V bank of a V type engine, a crankcase fixed with the V bank and an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244353 | Method of and system for fluid purification A method of and system for purifying fluid of an internal combustion engine or hydraulic system utilizes an evaporation chamber separate from a filtering chamber. A metering valve may be oriented between the filtering chamber and the evaporation chamber to control t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237518 | Oil filter for continuous variable valve timing apparatus in engine An oil supply passage of a cylinder head increases design freedom of cylinder heads. The oil filter variously sets the oil supplying position through which oil enters into an oil filter. This improves fuel consumption by simplifying the oil supply passage of the cyl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232521 | Environmentally friendly acid neutralizing cartridge An environmentally friendly acid neutralizing filter cartridge for mounting into a chamber of a cartridge mounting body for neutralizing acid in engine oil in an oil circulation circuit of an engine. The environmentally friendly acid neutralizing filter cartridge co... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228848 | Self positioning filter assembly A filter assembly having a filter element that is self positioning into a preferential filtering position upon insertion into a tank which will contain the medium to be filtered (e.g., gasoline, oil, etc.). ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228837 | Motorcycle oil filtering system A filtering system provides an oil flow to a filter carried by a support offset from a down tube of a motorcycle frame. An engine mounted bracket directs oil flow to be filtered to a cap assembly which is attached to an oil conduit. A threaded tubular member of the ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207417 | Method of changing engine oil A method for converting an engine from petroleum based engine oil to synthetic oil, whereby substantially all petroleum based engine oil is removed prior to replacement with synthetic engine oil. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204224 | Engine block structure An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase and an upper oil pan. The crankcase includes a plurality of main bearing caps extending between a pair of side walls, with openings in the main bearing caps and in the side walls. The upper oil pan is configured to ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201153 | Fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine Method and arrangement for providing a fuel system for an internal combustion engine (10) that includes a fuel tank (13), a fuel pump (12) and a fuel filter (19) located in a flow duct (14) between the fuel pump and the fuel consum... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198021 | Powertrain assembly including modular transmission A powertrain assembly having an improved engine configuration includes an engine and a transmission incorporated in a crankcase of the engine. The engine also comprises an oil pump and a water pump. The transmission is a cartridge-type shift drum transmission, which... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198052 | Mobile flushing unit and process In one embodiment of the invention, a method of cleaning a workpiece is disclosed. The method comprises providing a mobile flushing unit and servicing the workpiece as follows: a) connecting a flexible hose of the mobile flushing unit to one end of the workpiece and... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191786 | Apparatus and method for flushing and cleaning engine lubrication systems A method and apparatus for connecting an engine flushing system for flushing the lubrication system of an engine having a detachable engine lubricant filter contained within a casing is disclosed, which may comprise at least one flushing system connection unit adapt... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182855 | Fuel filter with valve indicator A fuel filter includes a first filter chamber, a second filter chamber and a valve assembly disposed between the first and second filter chambers. The valve assembly includes a valve casing with a valve head connected to a flag indicator slidably disposed within the... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179390 | Method of filtering a fluid and remote filtering station Filtering of an operating fluid of a mechanical device is performed utilizing a pumping device of the mechanical device which routinely circulated the operating fluid within the mechanical device. A remote filtering station of the present invention has a first condu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163085 | Apparatus for draining used engine oil An apparatus for removing spent oil from an internal combustion engine and purging at least a portion of oil retained in an associated oil filter via air actuated valves in communication with a source of pressurized air. The apparatus has a waste receptacle and a ve... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156991 | Liquid additive slow-release apparatus driven by a filter pressure gradient The present invention provides a filter assembly containing a filter element and a container as a depot for a liquid additive. The container can include an inlet and an outlet, which are configured to allow a liquid to flow into the container mix with the contained ... | 01/02/2007 |
