Air cleaner backing plate assembly with crankcase breather vents
AssigneeArlen Ness Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsCory A. Ness, Phillip B. Mitchell, Jr., Jeffrey D. Border
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Abstract
An air cleaner backing plate for coupling to an engine disclosed herein includes a first side to be coupled to an engine and a second side opposite the first side. The backing plate further includes an intake aperture to be aligned with an air intake port of the engine and a tube coupled to the backing plate. The backing plate may further include a reservoir and/or a circular attachment coupled thereto.
Claims20
An air cleaner backing plate for an engine that includes at least one cylinder head having a communication port for venting a crankcase and an air intake port, the backing plate comprising:
- a first side adapted to be coupled to an engine having at least one cylinder head having a communication port for venting a crankcase and an air intake port;
- a second side opposite the first side;
- an intake aperture to be aligned with the air intake port when the first side is coupled to the engine;
- a bracket inlet to be in sealed flow communication with the communication port when the first side is coupled to the engine, said bracket inlet and said communication port defining a crankcase vent channel;
- a tube having a first end, a second end, a tube inlet, and a tube outlet disposed at the second end;
- wherein the tube inlet is in flow communication with the crankcase vent channel;
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- wherein the tube outlet is directed toward the air intake port when the first side is coupled to the engine, so as to draw a gas from said crankcase vent channel as a flow of air enters said air intake port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.