Vented transmission cover
AssigneeCustom Performance, L.L.C., dba Trask Performance
InventorNick Trask
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Abstract
A device configured to attach to a motor vehicle transmission housing enclosing the motor vehicle transmission is disclosed. The device includes a cover having an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface includes at least a first chamber and a second chamber, such that, once said cover is installed onto the motor vehicle transmission housing, the first chamber is in fluid communication with a motor vehicle crankcase and a motor vehicle oil tank, and the second chamber is in fluid communication with the motor vehicle transmission. The device includes a vent extending through the upper surface and the lower surface so as to vent pressure within said first chamber to the outside of said first chamber.
Claims20
A device configured to attach to a motor vehicle transmission housing enclosing a motor vehicle transmission, comprising:
- a. a cover having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface comprising at least a first chamber and a second chamber, such that, once said cover is installed onto said motor vehicle transmission housing, the first chamber is in fluid communication with a motor vehicle crankcase and a motor vehicle oil tank, and the second chamber is in fluid communication with said motor vehicle transmission;
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- b. a vent extending through the upper surface and the lower surface so as to vent pressure within said first chamber to the outside of said first chamber.
A device configured to attach to a motor vehicle transmission housing enclosing a motor vehicle transmission comprising:
- a. a cover having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface divided so as to form a crankcase vent chamber, such that, once said cover is installed onto said motor vehicle transmission housing, said crankcase vent chamber is in fluid communication with a motor vehicle crankcase;
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- b. a vent extending through the upper surface and the lower surface so as to vent pressure within said crankcase vent chamber to the outside of said crankcase vent chamber.
A device configured to attach to a motor vehicle transmission housing enclosing a motor vehicle transmission, comprising:
- a. a cover having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface comprising at least a first chamber and a second chamber, such that, once said cover is installed onto said motor vehicle transmission housing, the first chamber is in fluid communication with said motor vehicle transmission, and the second chamber is in fluid communication with a motor vehicle crankcase and a motor vehicle oil tank;
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- b. a vent extending through the upper surface and the lower surface so as to vent pressure within said second chamber to the outside of said second chamber;
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- c. a valve governing said vent and being disposed below said lower surface once said cover is installed onto said motor vehicle transmission housing, said valve comprising a reed valve configured to seal said crankcase vent chamber when pressure within the motor vehicle crankcase is low, and said valve being positioned such that it opens to release pressure from the motor vehicle crankcase and the motor vehicle oil tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.