Kohler Company

Discovery Energy, LLC

Mark J Huibregtse

Brett Michael Wegner

Kenneth Scott Hanna

Eric B Hudak

David Schultz

Adam John Reich

Vaibhav Prabhakar Wagh

Gary Stenz

Brian Hartwig

Terrence M Rotter

Jonathan Thomas Bykowski

Michael James Tursky

Michael James Dins

Michael Jon Duwe

Jarrod J Jackett

Weidong Li

Richard J Fotsch

Daniel J Luhman

Ronald V Post

Benji J Bink

John Burey

Jinhong Li

Eric Mitchell VanDrie

Vania Galvan

Haiting Wang

Jacky Zhang

Eric C Simon

Nathaniel J Vlietstra

Gary L Stenz

Engine

A valve member provides for the flow of vapors from a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine to escape the fuel tank. The valve member may include a valve and a boss or spacer. The valve is configured to selectively control the flow of vapor from the fuel tank. The boss or spacer is positioned in a predetermined relationship to the valve, and the boss or spacer prevents a deformation of the valve from disrupting the selectively controlled flow of vapor from the fuel tank.

Fuel cap with duckbill valve

A carburetor drain apparatus includes a carburetor bowl, a fuel supply pipe, a fuel drain pipe, and a bail interface. The carburetor bowl is configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage. The fuel supply pipe is connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl. The fuel drain pipe is connected to the carburetor bowl. The bail interface is configured to operate in response to actuation of a bail to open the fuel drain pipe.

Bail driven stale fuel evacuation

Engine incorporating a blower housing

Engine incorporating overhead valve cover

Engine incorporating an overhead valve cover

Air intake cover of an engine

Blower housing for an engine

A residual oil drainage system for use in replacement of the oil filter of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The drainage system may include first and second drainage conduits disposed in the oil pan of the engine. The drainage conduits may be fluidly interconnected and coupled to portions of the oil inlet and outlet flow conduits which normally convey oil to and from the oil filter. A flow control device is movable to either open or close the drainage flowpath in the system. In use with an open flowpath and engine off, residual oil captured by the first and second drainage conduits flows through the drainage system and is returned to the oil reservoir in the oil pan via gravity. In one configuration, the drainage conduits are formed internally and directly within the body of the structure of the oil pan.

Residual oil drainage system and related method for replacing an oil filter of an engine

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Elkhart Lake, WI, United States of America

Mark J Huibregtse