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Dry sump oil cooling system

  • US 5,937,817 A
  • Filed: 06/23/1998
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An oil cooling system for an internal combustion engine, said oil cooling system comprising:

  • an oil reservoir having a first end, a second end, a length therebetween, a top and a bottom;

    an oil return port defined substantially at said first end adjacent said top of said reservoir and adapted to allow oil to enter said reservoir;

    an oil pickup port defined substantially at said first end adjacent said bottom of said reservoir and adapted to allow oil to exit said reservoir; and

    a baffle at least partially disposed in said reservoir and at least partially defining an oil passageway such that oil entering said reservoir through said oil return port flows over said baffle in a first direction, and under said baffle in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction, before exiting through said oil pickup port.

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