Accessory support brackets with airflow passages

US10926624B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cummins Inc. · US

Inventors

• Glen R. Alden · Marshall, US
• Kristopher D. Bunk · Warren, US
• Christopher Swearingen · Jamestown, US
• John E. Zellhart · Columbus, US
• Jonathan Moran · Columbus, US
• Suhas Subramanya Bhat · Peoria, US
• Robert D. Rogers · Westport, US
• George D'Angelo · Jamestown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2025/022
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems relating to an internal combustion engine support bracket are disclosed. The engine bracket includes a housing defining a fluid passage configured to be in fluid receiving communication with an upstream aperture of the housing and in fluid providing communication with a downstream aperture of the housing. The engine bracket also includes at least one mounting platform with fasteners configured to removably engage an accessory device of an internal combustion engine.