Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-01
2005-02-01
Phan, Hau (Department: 3618)
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
C180S190000, C123S1960CP, C440S08800J
Reexamination Certificate
active
06848529
ABSTRACT:
A lubricant tank for a lubrication system of a snowmobile engine includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is enlarged relative to the lower portion. A recess is defined on an engine side of the lubricant tank by a lower surface of the upper portion and a lateral surface of the lower portion. The recess accommodates a protruding portion or component of the engine. The tank also comprises a sloping surface that extends between the upper portion and the lower portion inside the tank. Lubricant is returned in the upper portion and transferred to the lower portion through a zigzag flow path.
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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Phan Hau
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
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