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Oil cooler for a motorcycle with temperature controlled bypass

  • US 5,244,036 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1990
  • Issued: 09/14/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. On a motorcycle having frame rails disposed forwardly of an engine of the motorcycle, a means for providing additional oil cooling through exchange of heat by convection from oil to outside air comprising in combination:

  • a hollow tube for transporting oil from the engine to be cooled, said tube paralleling the frame rails of the motorcycle, said tube having a width not greater than a width of the frame rails and located adjacent to the frame rails and forward thereof, such that said oil cooling means is sized and shaped to avoid blockage of air to the engine,an engine oil reservoir interfacing means operatively coupled with said tube, anda frame attachment means interposed between said tube and the frame.

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