Oil cooler for a motorcycle
OwnerRobert E Spurgininventor
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Abstract
A system is set forth for cooling the circulating oil of an air cooled motorcycle engine having an oil pump and a mount for an oil filter, oil from the pump delivered to the filter and from the filter back to the engine for re-circulation. The system includes an oil cooler secured to the motorcycle, which may be a radiator cooler or the engine guard A diverter and an adapter assembly is disposed between the filter and mount and is adapted to direct oil to the cooler, through the cooler for cooling thereof, from the cooler back to the diverter for supply through the adapter assembly to the filter and return to the engine. The adapter assembly is disposed between the diverter and filter for certain model engines to turn the axis of the assembly so that the system can be provided for these engines.
Claims10
In an air-cooled motorcycle engine having an oil pump and means for mounting an oil filter, said mounting means directing oil from the pump to the filter and from the filter to the engine, an improvement comprising:
- an oil cooler disposed on the motorcycle, said cooler having an inlet and an outlet;
- means for diverting oil discharged from the pump to the oil cooler inlet for circulation through the cooler and for directing the oil from the cooler outlet to the filter, said diverting means disposed between said mounting means and said filter, said oil cooler providing cooling of the oil circulating therethrough;
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- an adapter assembly adapted to be disposed between the diverter and filter to mount the filter, said assembly including a passageway to communicate oil from the filter to the engine and a channel to communicate oil from said diverter to the filter for filtering thereof and said assembly arranged to mount the filter at an angle relative to the mount.
In an air-cooled motorcycle engine having an oil pump and means for mounting an oil filter, said mounting means directing oil from the pump to the filter and from the filter to the engine, said mounting means defining an axis for mounting of the filter, an improvement comprising:
- an oil cooler disposed on the motorcycle, said cooler having an inlet and an outlet;
- means for diverting oil discharged from the pump to the oil cooler inlet for circulation through the cooler and for directing the oil from the cooler outlet to the filter, said diverting means disposed between said mounting means and said filter, said oil cooler providing cooling of the oil circulating therethrough;
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- an adapter assembly adapted to be disposed between the diverter and filter to turn said axis and to mount the filter, said assembly including a passageway to communicate oil from the filter to the engine and a channel to communicate oil from said diverter to the filter for filtering thereof and said assembly arranged to mount the filter at an angle relative to the mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.