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US 9,909,469 B2Granted
Oil filter adapter and method for obtaining positive oil pressure external to engine
AssigneeIms Solution
InventorsJacob Dean Raby, Charles Lauren Navarro
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Abstract
An oil filter adapter provides lubrication delivery for lubricating an engine bearing provides high reliability through an externally-supplied lubrication. The oil filter adapter may be supplied as part of a kit including a lubrication delivery tube for supplying the external lubrication to a mounting flange of the bearing.
Claims7
A kit for providing a lubricated bearing for an engine, the kit comprising:
- a bearing having a first port for receiving pressurized oil;
- an adapter including an adapter body adapted to attach to an oil filter mounting location of the engine and receive pressurized oil therefrom at a face of the adapter body, the adapter body including a second port for providing the pressurized oil and an oil filter mount for attaching an oil filter to the adapter body and coupled to the face of the adapter body, wherein the oil filter mount is internally coupled to the face of the adapter body to receive the pressurized oil from the engine;
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- a tube configured for coupling to the second port of the adapter and for further coupling to the first port of the bearing.
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A method of supplying pressurized oil to a bearing from a location external to an engine, comprising:
- providing pressurized oil to a first port of a bearing;
- attaching an adapter including an adapter body to an oil filter mounting location of the engine the adapter body including a second port for the pressurized oil and an oil filter mount coupled to the face of the adapter body;
- attaching the oil filter to the oil filter mount of the adapter;
- coupling the second port of the adapter to the first port of the bearing;
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- operating the engine, whereby the pressurized oil is provided from the adapter to the first port of the bearing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.