US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on July 14 for "Engine assembly oil management" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,519, issued on July 14, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Engine assembly oil management" was invented by Ralf Centmayer (Markdorf, Germany), Jochen Hammerle (Waldburg, Germany) and Dirk Winkler (Stetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an engine assembly for a vehicle. The engine assembly includes an oil reservoir to receive oil from a crankcase. The oil reservoir is external to the crankcase and positioned rearward of the crankcase. The engine assembly also includes at least one scavenge pump configured to pump the oil from an oil collection pan. The scavenge pump ...