US Patent Issued to Briggs & Stratton on Sept. 16 for "Small air-cooled engine assembly with dry sump lubrication system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,252, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Small air-cooled engine assembly with dry sump lubrication system" was invented by Adam J. Hellman (Bayside, Wis.), John Schneiker (Muskego, Wis.), Tim Kwiatkowski (Muskego, Wis.), Casey Groh (Shorewood, Wis.), Robert Price (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Ryan Sullivan (West Bend, Wis.) and Gary Johnson (Hales Corners, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine assembly includes a small air-cooled engine and a dry sump lubrication system including an external oil reservoir, wherein the dry sump lubrication system has an overall oil capacity that provides at lea...