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US 6,474,290 B1Granted
Engine cover
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsAnthony L. Coffey, Jonathan R Chittenden, Jerry R Reineking
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AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsAnthony L. Coffey, Jonathan R Chittenden, Jerry R Reineking
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A housing includes a removable cover having a top side and downwardly extending side walls covers a fixed cradle containing an internal combustion engine. The side walls define a plurality of outwardly opening recessed grooves extending from a bottom edge to a plurality of catches. A plurality of stretchable straps are disposed in the recessed grooves with fixed ends attached to the engine cradle and opposite free ends defining tabs that engage the catches to bias the cover to the engine cradle. The cover also defines an air baffle at the top side having a venturi nozzle defined by a convex circumferential surface having a narrowing diameter from top to bottom so that air drawn into engine through the nozzle is essentially non-turbulent. At one end, the cover houses an air filter and has a downwardly extending hold-down to limit movement of the air filter.
In a housing for an internal combustion engine disposed within an engine cavity defined by a fixed engine cradle, the improvement comprising:
A housing for an internal combustion engine, comprising a fixed cradle containing the engine and a cover having a top side and integral side walls for enclosing the cradle, the cover having a catch for releasable engagement with a stretchable strap mounted at one end to the cradle for securing the cover to the cradle, wherein the cover integrally including an air baffle at the top side having a nozzle defined by a convex circumferential surface having a narrowing diameter from top to bottom such that air drawn into the housing through the nozzle is essentially non-turbulent.
A housing for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.