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US 2016/0326923 A1Published application
Oil filter adapter and method for obtaining positive oil pressure external to engine
AssigneeIms Solution
InventorsJacob Dean Raby, Charles Lauren Navarro
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Abstract
An oil filter adapter provides lubrication delivery for lubricating an engine bearing provides high reliability through an externally-supplied lubrication. The oil filter adapter may be supplied as part of a kit including a lubrication delivery tube for supplying the external lubrication to a mounting flange of the bearing.
Claims9
An adapter for providing a source of pressurized oil, the adapter comprising:
- an adapter body adapted to attach to an oil filter mounting location of the engine and receive pressurized oil therefrom at a face of the adapter body, the adapter body including a port for providing the source of pressurized oil;
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- an oil filter mount for attaching an oil filter to the adapter body and coupled to the face of the adapter body, wherein the oil filter mount is internally coupled to the face of the adapter body to receive pressurized oil from the engine.
A kit for providing oil to a bearing of an engine, the kit comprising:
- an adapter including an adapter body adapted to attach to an oil filter mounting location of the engine and receive pressurized oil therefrom at a face of the adapter body, the adapter body including a first port for providing the source of pressurized oil and an oil filter mount for attaching an oil filter to the adapter body and coupled to the face of the adapter body, wherein the oil filter mount is internally coupled to the face of the adapter body to receive pressurized oil from the engine;
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- a tube configured for coupling to the first port of the adapter and for further coupling to a second port of a bearing flange provided for receiving pressurized oil.
A method of supplying pressurized oil to a location external to an engine, comprising:
- attaching an adapter including an adapter body to an oil filter mounting location of the engine the adapter body including a first port for providing a source of the pressurized oil and an oil filter mount coupled to the face of the adapter body;
- attaching an oil filter to the oil filter mount of the adapter;
- coupling the first port of the adapter to the location;
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- operating the engine, whereby the pressurized oil is provided from the adapter to the location.
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