Motor vehicles – Power – With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
Reexamination Certificate
2004-03-18
2008-10-21
Phan, Hau V (Department: 3618)
Motor vehicles
Power
With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
C180S068300
Reexamination Certificate
active
07438147
ABSTRACT:
An off-road vehicle includes a frame and wheels. An engine of the vehicle has a crankshaft. A transmission transmits the rotation of the crankshaft to the wheels. A housing houses a transmission mechanism of the transmission. The housing has an air inlet duct through which ambient air enters the housing and an air outlet duct through which the air leaves the housing. The air inlet duct has an inlet opening. The outlet duct has an outlet opening. The inlet and outlet openings are positioned higher than the wheels.
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Cheek Joel
Hayes Rusty
Kato Eiji
Nash Colby
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Phan Hau V
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
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