Harley-davidson Motor Company Group, LLC

Kohler Company

Discovery Energy, LLC

Sean A Rusch

John W Schanz

Brian P Dondlinger

Ben M Lund

Robert P Marino

William D Koenigs

Alexander John Bozmoski

Jonathan Thomas Bykowski

Benjamin J Bink

Alexander A Yosick

James Michael Busse

Scott J Nash

Dean M Nelson

Samir Mesanovic

David M Torres

Peter J Duvernell

Richard G Pierson

Timothy Arlyn Vant Hoff

Nicholas C Bille

Timothy A Nighbor

Joseph A McMullen

William M Kernen

Paul Nan-Jiune Liang

Christopher D Thorn

Douglas D Clarkson

Tyler J Sierakowski

Pritam Ramchandra Kudawe

Michael T Arndt

Terence M Rotter

Brian M H Sheridan

An apparatus facilitates multiple paths or circuits through an engine and remote housing for an oil filter. The apparatus includes a first oil filter chamber housing a first oil filter, a second oil filter chamber housing a second oil filter, a first output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the first oil filter chamber housing to bearings of an engine, a second output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the second oil filter chamber housing to a sump of the engine, and an input of the remote housing configured to provide a path from an oil pump of the engine to the first oil filter chamber housing.

Oil filter housing and system

Plural circuit oil filter

An engine oil lubrication system includes an oil flow control baffle disposed in the sump of the oil pan. The baffle may be detachably mountable in the sump of the oil pan. The baffle may be configured to prevent oil returning to the sump from the engine from short-circuiting and flowing directly to the oil pump intake. The baffle creates a circuitous flow path which forces mixing of the returning oil before being drawn into the oil pump intake nozzle via increasing resonance time of the oil in the sump to enhance cooling. The present disclosure further provides a modular engine mounting system which extends the number of engines and vehicle chassis which can utilize a single oil pan to mount to the chassis. Interchangeable mounting flanges are provided having different bolting patterns compatible with the different chassis.

Engine lubrication system

An exhaust system provides an oxygen sensor within a balance tube for use with a marine engine. The balance tube is configured to protect the oxygen sensor from water that infiltrates the exhaust system. The exhaust system further provides a mounting system configured to attach to an engine such that an axial load placed on the exhaust system.

Marine exhaust system

The present invention provides a motorcycle including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame supported by the front and rear wheels, a crankcase including a first interface portion and a first passageway exposed to the first interface portion, a reservoir located remotely from the crankcase adapted to contain a lubricant, and a transmission case supported by the frame and including a second interface portion and a second passageway exposed to the second interface portion. The second passageway is in fluid communication with the reservoir. The first interface portion is coupled to the second interface portion. The first passageway is in fluid communication with the second passageway. The first and second passageways provide fluid communication between the reservoir and the crankcase through the first and second interface portions.

Crankcase of an engine

A primary housing for a motorcycle engine includes an inner housing that defines internal coupling apertures, transmission coupling apertures, and external coupling apertures. Internal fasteners extend through the internal coupling apertures and the transmission coupling apertures to couple the inner housing to the crankcase and the transmission. An outer housing defines coupling apertures that align with the external coupling apertures and fasteners extend through the coupling apertures, through the external coupling apertures, and into the engine crankcase to couple the inner and outer housings to the crankcase. A resonant damping device is rigidly or moveably coupled to an anti-node region of the outer housing to reduce noise emissions from the outer housing during engine operation.

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Cedarburg, WI, United States of America

Sean A Rusch