Methods and apparatus for an actively cooled cylinder block
OwnerDaniel Wilson, Jose R. Eliasinventors
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Abstract
An actively cooled air cylinder for a motorcycle engine comprising a cylinder block. The cylinder block may comprise an upper mounting surface, a lower mounding surface, an internal bore extending between the upper mounting surface and the lower mounting surface, a forward facing surface, a rear facing surface, and first and second side surfaces. Each of the surfaces may comprise a plurality of fins and a plurality of cooling channels located between each of the plurality of fins. The cooling channels may comprise a series of peaks and valleys that configured provide turbulent flow of air over the cylinder block when airflow contacts the cylinder.
Claims20
An actively cooled air cylinder for a motorcycle engine comprising:
- a cylinder block comprising:
- an upper mounting surface,
- a lower mounting surface;
- an internal bore extending between the upper mounting surface and the lower mounting surface;
- a forward facing surface;
- a rear facing surface;
- first and second facing side surfaces;
- and
- each facing surface comprising a plurality of fins and a plurality of cooling channels located between each of the plurality of fins;
- wherein the cooling channels comprise a series of peaks and valleys.
An actively cooled air cylinder for a motorcycle engine comprising:
- a cylinder block comprising:
- an upper mounting surface,
- a lower mounting surface;
- an internal bore extending between the upper mounting surface and the lower mounting surface;
- a forward facing surface;
- a rear facing surface;
- first and second facing side surfaces;
- and
- each facing surface comprising a plurality of fins and a plurality of cooling channels located between each of the plurality of fins;
- wherein the cooling channels comprise:
- corner peaks located at the corners of the upper and lower mounting surfaces,
- midpoint peaks located at a midpoint between the corners of the upper and lower mounting surfaces, and
- and valleys located between the corner peaks and midpoint peaks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.