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US 6,637,539 B2Granted
All terrain vehicle motor with cooling channels
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsRoger Rioux, Claude Gagnon, Johann Holzleitner
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AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsRoger Rioux, Claude Gagnon, Johann Holzleitner
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An all terrain vehicle includes an engine located under a hingably mounted seat, the seat providing ready access to the engine for maintenance and repair. The vehicle includes an engine having a clutch housing and a clutch cover sealably connected to the clutch housing. At least one of the clutch housing and the clutch cover include a bottom wall having at least one coolant-fillable cooling channel within the thickness of the bottom wall provided to cool oil above the clutch housing and the clutch cover. The vehicle also includes a frame having a plurality of engine mounting points. The engine is supportable by the frame and includes a crankcase and a plurality of mounting points adapted to engage the plurality of engine mounting points on the frame. The plurality of mounting points include at least one uppermost mounting point, wherein the at least one uppermost mounting point is positioned on the crankcase.
An all terrain vehicle including an engine having a clutch housing and a clutch cover sealably connected to the clutch housing to provide a space for containing oil therebetween, at least one of the clutch housing and the clutch cover including a bottom wall having at least one coolant-fillable cooling channel within the thickness of the bottom wall such that the clutch housing and the clutch cover cooperate to provide a coolant-fillable space therebetween, the coolant-fillable space being provided to cool the oil within the space between the clutch housing and the clutch cover.
An all terrain vehicle including an engine having a clutch housing and a clutch cover sealably connected to the clutch housing to provide a fluid-fillable space therebetween, at least one of the clutch housing and the clutch cover including at least one wall having at least one coolant-fillable cooling channel such that the clutch housing and clutch cover cooperate to provide a coolant-fillable space therebetween, the coolant-fillable space being provided to cool fluid in the fluid-fillable space between the clutch housing and the clutch cover.
An all terrain vehicle including an engine having at least one housing structure providing a fluid-fillable space therein, the housing structure including at least one wall having at least one coolant-fillable cooling channel to move coolant through the at least one wall of the housing structure to cool fluid within the fluid-fillable space of the housing structure,
An all terrain vehicle comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.