ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,852, issued on March 3, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).
"Oil pan for internal combustion engine" was invented by Eberhard Wizgall (Berlin) and Dominik Hermann (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed toward an engine. In some embodiments, the engine includes a water pump and a balancer shaft. In some embodiments, the water pump has a plain bearing. In some embodiments, plain bearing is supplied with pressurized oil. In some embodiments, the balancer shaft drives the water pump as well as cam shafts."
The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/090,815.
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